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Native Americans in what is now the USA have often been portrayed as having "idyllic" lives before Western colonizers arrived - is there any truth to this? How much "easier" were their daily lives? Before Western diseases and colonists arrived, was it a life of easy hunting and simple living?

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What is the wealth equivalent in today's terms for how much would be needed to finance construction of a castle during the High or Late Middle Ages? Was it more tied to your title and lands, or could any one with sufficient wealth build and maintain a castle?

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What role (if any) did tourism have in the ancient world?

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How different would daily life be for an Egyptian commoner in the Old Kingdom versus the New Kingdom?

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What reaction did Christian, Jewish or other religious leadership have to the rise of Islam, especially as the Muslims started making territorial gains?

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What did the general populace/working class citizens of Portugal or Spain think of the discovery of the New World?

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What was everyday life like in ancient/medieval Angkor?

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Do we have any evidence about what other world powers thought of the American Civil War? Did any other nations plan to take advantage of the fractured country and try to gain any sort of foothold on the continent?

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Native Americans in what is now the USA have often been portrayed as having "idyllic" lives before Western colonizers arrived - is there any truth to this? How much "easier" were their daily lives? Before Western diseases and colonists arrived, was it a life of easy hunting and simple living?	4851
What is the wealth equivalent in today's terms for how much would be needed to finance construction of a castle during the High or Late Middle Ages? Was it more tied to your title and lands, or could any one with sufficient wealth build and maintain a castle?	228
What role (if any) did tourism have in the ancient world?	86
How different would daily life be for an Egyptian commoner in the Old Kingdom versus the New Kingdom?	20
What reaction did Christian, Jewish or other religious leadership have to the rise of Islam, especially as the Muslims started making territorial gains?	20
What did the general populace/working class citizens of Portugal or Spain think of the discovery of the New World?	15
What was everyday life like in ancient/medieval Angkor?	3
Do we have any evidence about what other world powers thought of the American Civil War? Did any other nations plan to take advantage of the fractured country and try to gain any sort of foothold on the continent?	2