Holger Isenberg Wrote:
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> Hermione Wrote:
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> > But how does this answer Byrd's question:
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> Maybe they had some good fermented beverage, or
> the locals were impressed by steel tools or some
> other knowledge they could trade for a good deal.
> Most likely the locals liked the idea to build a
> fortress much more stable than they ever made
> before, especially during a local war situation.


That seems even less likely, you know -- surviving a long voyage to the Americas where they manage to not end up dying of the local diseases or at the hands of anyone who found them -- then coming to a king's court, unable to speak the local language and then inventing a new way to make brick, which they then manage to teach the construction crews AND convince the king that this is the best way to build things... ala A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court?

-- Byrd
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