| Could you survive on your own wits alone if you were somehow transported back to the year 1000? |
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Asked 2 years ago
by Mabie  Austria |
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I'm sure I'd quickly do something sacriligous, and be burned at the stake.
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[-3 points] 2 years ago by deleted user ReplyI can't now, but could have 10 years ago.
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[2 points] 2 years ago by deleted user ReplyMany things happened, most of all the continued battle between Rome and Christains, who refused to acknowledge the rulers as gods. Also, within the Christain Church Communities the refinement of what were true gospels, and "fake" ones. Deciding what could be finally put into what we now know as the Bible. It was during this time, that Saint Ignatius was the first to use the term catholic to describe the Church. On top of these Arabs were coming into Jersulem and hacking down synagoues etc., My opinon to survive, you had to understand in certain parts of the world (ie: Roman Empire) you had to understand this struggle. As a creative person, I would have moved to Northern Italy, and become a commissioned artist that painted for the rich and powerful...dancing between politics and religion and associating myself with like minded individuals who understood how dangerous it was not to offend the higher mucky mucks.
Except that pretty much everyone was xenophobic, and had no use for anyone who didn't speak their language and dress the way they did.
Within tight social circles, but not in commerce. Recall the caste below the roman senate were the merchant traders. Trading was hugh in AD 1000, as those gaining wealth started to realize that just attending a garden only got you so far. You had to become a merchant trader, and get into the game.
Under the Romans, everything was about family. So a person with no connections wasn't likely to get anywhere.
Probably, but I'd much rather stay in this time period, thanks.