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If an electrical engineer was sent back to the Tudor period, how feasible would it have been to supply electricity to houses of the period to power appliances like what we have today, using only the construction techniques of the period?

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Why is the domestication of deer not more widespread?

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How common were bronze tools in late medieval Europe? Were they still in widespread use at the time the blast furnace was invented there? What about afterwards, did they stick around for a while despite the easier access to iron?

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If an electrical engineer was sent back to the Tudor period, how feasible would it have been to supply electricity to houses of the period to power appliances like what we have today, using only the construction techniques of the period?	7
Why is the domestication of deer not more widespread?	5
How common were bronze tools in late medieval Europe? Were they still in widespread use at the time the blast furnace was invented there? What about afterwards, did they stick around for a while despite the easier access to iron?	2