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   @ashleethomas2368

   November 16, 2023 at 8:22 pm

   Do these people actually live like this? Because they are super dedicated. I'm very curious

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   @AstroGremlinAmerican

   November 17, 2023 at 3:17 am

   Apparently my ancestors did. All those who worked, survived, and had babies during all the millennia would be so amazed to see us and what has been accomplished by civilization. To keep it going we have to replace fossil fuels with nuclear power. Windmills, if they cut the mustard, would have replaced oil by now. Sorry for the advertisement for non-faith-based energy in this fine series.

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   @stephaniebyard3958

   November 18, 2023 at 2:29 am

   Great pix! Here’s what has been handed down by my family. My family got here in 1850. Irish descent. I’m 7th gen. Ancestor was the 8th KC Mayor. Downtown KC is at a confluence of 3 rivers. Early 1800s, the area was populated by French fur trappers & Indians. If you can get old KC family on here, we have stories. Father Donnelly was the priest mentioned in one of the comments & was our family friend in the day. Area archeologists have evidence of Stone Age populations. The Indians thought we were ridiculous to cut into the bluffs. (Family stories). The river still freakin floods. Re: the Indigenous history of the area, contact the Heart of America Indian Center. They’ll point you to accurate info. There are just under 100 tribes represented in the area. There are mounds scattered around the area. You can look them up & see them. Some things to Google: “Indian Mounds, Kansas City,” “Father Donnelly,” “Archeology, Indians, Kansas City.” Re: the overhead wires, KC got wired for electrical May 1882. Phones were 1883. Anything before that was telegraph. Early wires were a mess. Re: the bluffs, we went south into the bluffs because the floodplain was to the north & there was a large limestone ledge at the original landing point that was easy to offload goods & supplies for wagons for the trading post at Westport Landing. The main trails were on the south side of the river. Several hundred Irish were hired to cut through the bedrock to get the supplies from the steamboats to the wagon trains. Again, family history. If you can locate some drone footage, you’ll see the topography & bluffs further up & down that side of the river. It’s geography & how the river changed course. Go look up old MO River maps. The Hopewell tribe as here until 300 AD. A geologist will tell you the bluffs are made of sedimentary rock. Google “inland sea” that was here 300 mil years ago. Re: the tunnels, yes, but most are collapsed now. This was a gangster town and yes, plenty of bootlegging tunnels under KC. There is drive-thru footage on YT of the Subtropolis. Well known. Also on Wiki. If there was ever an ancient structure beneath KC, please find evidence of it for us.

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   @detlefschnepel2237

   November 18, 2023 at 1:32 pm

   The amount of advertising is nauseating and really destroys the show 🤮

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   @chadsimmons6347

   November 21, 2023 at 12:23 pm

   Survive as a working peasant? YES i can thrive & prosper in any given environment, because I am an American(true-fact)

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   @kaned5543

   November 26, 2023 at 4:30 am

   As glad as I am to live in the 21st century, the simple life presented here does seem nice. I mean, I know that it was a lot harder than portrayed in a lot of ways, but it seems so nice to work with your hands for a living like that.

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   @demonsaint1296

   November 26, 2023 at 2:58 pm

   Six hundred plus comments and not one stating the obvious…. Ruth is sexy! Time stamp 2:39:00 is a prefect example.

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   @MonteCarlo111

   November 28, 2023 at 9:50 pm

   Almost can’t watch this terrific show because of the yap yap yap lady who isn’t funny but thinks she’s a hoot. She’s annoying and not much to look at, either.

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   @andreweden9405

   November 30, 2023 at 8:43 pm

   Lead was also used to make organ pipes!

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    @galeng73

    December 2, 2023 at 1:43 am

    Oh! It's Tudor Farm! I haven't seen this in a while.

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    @Demonskunk

    December 5, 2023 at 2:15 am

    Oh wow, that camera obscura is surreal.

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    @metanoian965

    December 5, 2023 at 7:04 pm

    Peasants, the common people of agricultural England, had very few personal and community rights.
    Legally, by law of the landlords, they were bound, [tied, caught], to the work place where they could grow food for themselves on the owner's fields. After all obligations to cultivate the land set aside strictly for the owner were performed. Nothing from this harvest went to the peasant.
    Family life was ruled by the landlord and marriage could be denied for any reason.
    Sickness, death of man, overabundance of children, inability to work, would mean eviction.
    So called 'nobles', church officials, had no obligations to the property that were slaves and who were used for profit like goats and swine and cattle. These lived together for warmth.
    No one knew there was poop, 'cause they all lived in it.
    O changed till well after Social Consciousness and agitation for the abolition of slavery.
    C. Dickens, Twist, anyone ?

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    @KestralWolfe

    December 6, 2023 at 10:07 pm

    As a boobinder, watching historical reinactments that show, proove, that we still use the same techniques. The same tools. The stitching jig, the plough, the needle and linen thread, the leather, wood, press, finishing press, and all. It just… It touches me, it lets me connect my own craft to the past in a deeply meaningful way. It's the same way I view sewing. Like linking my hands through a tunnel, down, and down time.

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    @dsab381

    December 9, 2023 at 6:26 am

    This was fantastic. How can it get 202 downvotes?

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    @HotPinkPussyCat

    December 10, 2023 at 2:55 am

    I'M fascinated with everything British, royal…historically, not presently. Peasants are people too, so they're just as fascinating. They have some talent, making books among baskets, and so on.

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    @anthonyaer8303

    December 10, 2023 at 6:55 am

    Meanwhile 1,000 years later in Africa…

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    @baylorsailor

    December 13, 2023 at 1:22 am

    When I was a kid, eels brushed my legs in a lake my friends and I were swimming in. I was out of the water in seconds, but the problem was I climbed out on to a rock that had no easy way of getting to shore. It was so freaking scary! Of course my friends thought it was funny 🥴.

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    @rhyliesser130

    December 26, 2023 at 10:54 pm

    We finally found something that gives Ruth the heebies!!

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    @Yup333

    December 27, 2023 at 10:14 pm

    You are only alive today because your ancestor did.

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    @keira6499

    December 30, 2023 at 9:58 am

    get your knee out of my back🤣🤣🤣🤣 37:00

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    @thejinn99

    January 11, 2024 at 5:05 am

    Hmm so I got curious about the bloody flux mentioned at 2:10:17ish. An internet search says it is not the last stages of starvation where your intestines gives way. Rather bloody flux is referring to dysentery, which is a kind of gastroenteritis that results in bloody diarrhea. It was also known as camp fever and spread in areas where food was contaminated by human waste.

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    @darthguilder1923

    January 12, 2024 at 2:01 am

    The reed mats remind me of tatami mats

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    @graphguy

    January 21, 2024 at 10:04 pm

    Exploited?

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    @nomeyodomar

    January 26, 2024 at 11:47 pm

    *"Azulejos" the Portuguese blue and white tiles, well before the Dutch (Delft) ones

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    @ryanlangston439

    January 27, 2024 at 3:32 pm

    Women I don’t need no man ok either clean the clothes or go to war oh I forgot you don’t need a man go do both..modern women haven’t got a clue

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    @christinareynolds8179

    January 28, 2024 at 4:49 pm

    This series taught me how entitled modern generations are. Not just the youngest, but even the older. The Great War and World War II brought many “labor saving devices” and globalization add spices cheap. People complain about not being able to afford the most expensive thing and yet ignore how many very expensive things they consume daily have been made so affordable!

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    @scottgenius9189

    January 29, 2024 at 1:36 am

    I would love to send my spoilt rude 25 year old niece there for 3mnths to learn how to appreciate todays things

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    @shivadizayin

    January 30, 2024 at 11:19 am

    Mate, I don’t even know If I’m going to survive the first five minutes after leaving my house in the morning…let alone the Middle Ages

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    @chrisbassett8996

    February 3, 2024 at 5:29 am

    oh it would be so fascinating to try all these things.

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    @mplight2941

    February 6, 2024 at 10:11 pm

    Well, I'd never be able to raise & kill an animal & I kill my plants…I'd be eating weeds & spending my days as a tailor, doing fine handwork & paint textiles, etc.

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    @DavidSmith-fz8ju

    February 9, 2024 at 7:07 pm

    In the not too distant future planet earth will become a pilgrimage destination for pioneers in the outer belt n moons of Jupiter n Saturn. N still a place to find spiritual comfort n rejuvenation.

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    @DavidSmith-fz8ju

    February 12, 2024 at 4:04 pm

    The black cups are leather.

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    @revanati222

    February 13, 2024 at 2:35 am

    This show seems to demonstrate why animals were kept and were eaten. They were a food source used to be eaten at precise times of the year, they consumed waste product from other processes to prevent waste, and created a balance in the system of survival humans used.

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    @terryt.1643

    February 18, 2024 at 8:12 pm

    Isn’t lead very poisonous? Is it safe for them to be working those mines today? What about risk of mine collapses?

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    @jonibarger3147

    February 24, 2024 at 9:32 pm

    That's a lot of wood for.a.little lead

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    @sherrielee8871

    March 2, 2024 at 4:51 pm

    No, the first passing GI bug would’ve killed me

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    @lovegodsomuch8094

    March 4, 2024 at 10:36 pm

    Platting rushes every year??!! Omg no

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    @Jhendoe

    March 6, 2024 at 5:52 am

    i found this gem of a series a few months ago, and it is perfect for research and sleeping all night lol. The narrator has a soothing voice. Ive seen this too many times 😆

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    @bimini1216

    March 13, 2024 at 2:35 am

    They would not talk so controlled. Scared surfs barely could speak due to lack of education on purpose. They would be dirty, smelly and un kept. Rub dirt all over them next time.
    The series is well done and acted well

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    @user-te4of2fq5d

    March 23, 2024 at 5:41 pm

    For about 5 minutes before I caught something deadly.

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    @cmoore7780

    March 24, 2024 at 2:53 pm

    Greetings from AL 😊 I actually live in the city of FLORENCE, which is in North AL in Lauderdale County. It's known as the Renaissance City. I'm sure you could look it up, but we have a huge park in the middle of the city within walking distance from our University of North Alabama. Anywho, we have a huge Renaissance fair a couple times a year and it's GREAT. I love the fact that back then, women showed their natural beauty without makeup, unlike now where it's used to make them look like a different person.

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