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I've heard that in some places during the middle ages, there was a knight with a castle for every village, meaning for every ~300 people in a kingdom, there was a Knight, and a castle. Is this true?

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Before the introduction/invention of mail, what did germanic and celtic people use as armor? Did they use armor at all, besides shields?

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Could the Dane Axe be used as a spear?

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I've often heard that two-handed swords and similar weapons didn't really appear on the European battlefields before the development of plate armor, because shields became less important. What about the dane axe then?

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Who lived in the area today known as Brazil before it was claimed by the Portuguese?

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How does the idea of "direct descendancy" work exactly?

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Did the romans crucify people in trees?

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Why are the Ottomans hardly ever mentioned anywhere?

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In Europe, when and how did states go from hiring professional mercenaries for war, to having standing armies?

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I've heard that in some places during the middle ages, there was a knight with a castle for every village, meaning for every ~300 people in a kingdom, there was a Knight, and a castle. Is this true?	4
Before the introduction/invention of mail, what did germanic and celtic people use as armor? Did they use armor at all, besides shields?	3
Could the Dane Axe be used as a spear?	3
I've often heard that two-handed swords and similar weapons didn't really appear on the European battlefields before the development of plate armor, because shields became less important. What about the dane axe then?	2
Who lived in the area today known as Brazil before it was claimed by the Portuguese?	1
How does the idea of "direct descendancy" work exactly?	1
Did the romans crucify people in trees?	0
Why are the Ottomans hardly ever mentioned anywhere?	0
In Europe, when and how did states go from hiring professional mercenaries for war, to having standing armies?	0