It was built by soldiers, common people, and foreigners. You're best bet would be the army in my opinion.
Needs: food, shelter, clothing, water, sleep.
Wants: Phone, pets, house decor, cookware, pictures.
And then, I'm not sure what your family does for the first question.
They climbed and jumped rock to rock sure-footed ( not to fall or to be balanced)
It increased the population by thousands because people from all around wanted to come to mine for gold