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Vikings are often portrayed as drinking mead. But isn't Northern Europe too cold for bees? Where did they get honey? Was trade even possible when they raided such a big part of Europe?

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The Cornwall is the largest deposit of tin in Europe. Since tin was crucial for Bronze age civilizations, was Cornwall ever settled by one of the major civilizations (Egyptians, Hittites etc.) or did a more "civilized" society developed there because of that?

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How do you, as a medieval soldier, capture an enemy.

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Were defensive walls or different types of fortification used in different places that cities and castles?

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Vikings are often portrayed as drinking mead. But isn't Northern Europe too cold for bees? Where did they get honey? Was trade even possible when they raided such a big part of Europe?	12
The Cornwall is the largest deposit of tin in Europe. Since tin was crucial for Bronze age civilizations, was Cornwall ever settled by one of the major civilizations (Egyptians, Hittites etc.) or did a more "civilized" society developed there because of that?	4
How do you, as a medieval soldier, capture an enemy.	3
Were defensive walls or different types of fortification used in different places that cities and castles?	1