How Brutish Were Our Ancestors?
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Enlightenment and the Great Lakes Region
The great lakes region was populated by long established groups of iraquoian speaking and other indigenous populations. The strange thing there were all of these books written along the lines of dialogues that took place between european colonists, particularly french colonists,. Some of them became wildly popular in european circles, particularly enlightenment salons. This stuff was hugely influential.
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