By era
How ordinary people lived in each century: their homes, their food, the cold and their work.
17th century
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What Was on Korea's Table More Than 350 Years Ago?A year at the table of a farming family in southern Korea: grain with barley, little side dishes and a radish kimchi without a speck of chili. Why was it white?
19th century
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Why Did Russians Sleep on Top of the Stove? A Winter in 1898One room for the whole family and, in a corner, a huge block of clay with no chimney. We spend the winter in a smoke-blackened izba.