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I can't say I've seen many bucktoothed Chinese people running around.

I'm currently in the planning stages of a novel where one of the main characters is draft age in Vietnam America. I am trying to figure out the timing of the plot...which leads me to my question:

Did men who were drafted in Vietnam have time in between basic training and when they were deployed or were they immediately shipped out after training? I am specifically focusing on early to mid 60s.

Thanks!

Especially considering their terrible performance in North Africa.

The Native Americans had it and the Europeans had it to. Did the Europeans show the natives the weapon? Did the natives invent it before the Europeans came over? Or was it invented before people migrated the land bridge to America

writing a book based around it, i know they travelled by steam train but how exactly? what was life like for the performers etc? any link or info wanted :]

I'm thinking of the old quip about UK and the US being divided by a common language. The time period I'm interested in is post 1700 to pre-German unification (1870s).

Since a castle or a keep is the seat of power of the local lord, that mean it only has a limited area of influence. So how common are castles in medieval Europe?

I hear a lot about the battle for Midway. But not much about why it was such an important victory.

It is often presented that if the franks lost the battle, europe would have been sacked by the muslims. How accurate is that?

If so, will the future pound feature Prince Charles when the Queen passes?

I visited a Monestary today and it got me thinking about their place in the local economy during the period they were most common.

It seems Monestaries were very common durring the Mideval era. I was thinking that a group of Monks at a large monestary might be a drain on local food resources in a time when food production was based on small scale agriculture.

But, I know many monks brewed beer and made some crafts. Were monestaries economically self sufficient? Did they need constant support of money fron local lords or the church?

Basically, what were the economics around monestaries and why were they so prevalent during the time?

I'm especially interested since Latin wasn't really spoken outside of Italy, to my knowledge.

Describe the events that took place between the railroad owners and the government. Also was this similar when public highways were made? How did people travel before highways? Sorry for all the questions!

If you were to plop down into Constantinople during the Macedonian Dynasty (or at anytime during the Eastern Empires long history) what would be their thoughts on the fall of the west?