actually their architecture wasn't dissimilar from later medieval europe. basically everything was the same, or at least the high points. > small elite caste of "knights" > priestly caste with its own holdings/fiefs > various warrior cults > various different castes of men (freeman, serf, slave, ect.) though iirc there were many more rural homesteads.   > it's called a soddy no, those are dugouts or pit houses, which were fairly rare and relegated to the poorest people in areas without access to lots of timber, or in developing regions. most germanic homes were wattle and daub, or log. think jamestown.   > this sounds great until you realize you have to cuck out and pay tribute to some kind of noble or warlord this is civilization 101 my man. everyone did it, everywhere. we still fucking do it. if you don't pay your taxes (thats already taxed 18 different times by the time you save it), they will literally kill you and take what they can.
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