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How did the Spanish introduce blacksmithing to the New World and did New Spain experience a chronic shortage of blacksmiths, carpenters, masons, etc of the European tradition throughout its existence?
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In ‘The Last Years of The Teutonic Knights’ by William Urban, it’s said the Order built a canal and installed locks in 1395. How did they do it?
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How did the 30 Years War affect the HRE as a major power in Europe? Did it help the Habsburgs consolidate power in their lands? Allow France to become the top European power? Lead to German settlement in the New World?
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Could a 13th-14th century Cogg ship reach Iceland or Greenland for trade? Would they trade with these distant Norse settlements?
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How did Medieval engineers build the embankments and other infrastructure to turn rivers into better ports and harbors?
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War Elephants enjoyed popularity in the Classical world and continued use throughout Indian history, Did any medieval Kings/Commanders want or attempt to revive the use of War Elephants in medieval European warfare?
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What brought the Kingdom of Romania into the Entente during WWI and what brought it into the Axis in WWII?
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How did the Knights of St.John organization change between the Hospitaller period 1118-1310, the Rhodes period of 1310-1522, Malta period 1522-1798?
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