You can’t simply dig clay up with your hands, however, and you will need a shovel to be able to gather this resource. To get a shovel, you will need to advance in the Building Technology tree. While the shovel may be the first step in the tree, you will need to earn Technology ...
“Lady” is a simple word. But it can be used to mean very different things. It’s a standard way to refer to a woman; it is often used to confer a measure of social approval. But it’s got a broad range of meanings. “Lady” can imply an aristocratic title and tiara. Or, it...
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"To get this all done, a managerial class emerged – and syphoned off a share of the rural wealth for its own good," he says. "The person at the head of the administrative ladder – and possibly also of the military troops needed to protect the economic activities facilitated in this ...
Manuel was not ashamed to be seen with Theodora and their affair was conducted in public. The church said nothing. He must have had hundreds of sexual partners. Manuel detested his German wife, Bertha-Irene who was not attractive and was probably sexually frigid. He built her a big ...
At his worst he was headstrong and opinionated, an inveterate tory of undemocratic principles and élitist sensibilities, prepared even to overstep the law in order to get his way. At his best he brought to the crude and brutal frontier that was the Ottawa valley in the early years of the ...
such advice reminds me of the IMF telling poor countries in east Asia in the 1970s and 1980s to get rid of capital controls at an early stage of development despite the fact that no successfully developed country (outside offshore centres) ever did so; I am, if anything, a historian an...
After they rose up, he (probably) accidentally fell over and died during a siege, ending my dynasty’s rule. Another lesson learned. The next time was different. Well, the next next time after an almost instant failure as William of Normandy as I sent 5000 of my lads off to get ...
Because of the many wars and attacks in the region, some Christians were concerned that access to the tomb might become difficult. For both the religious and commercial advantages of a major pilgrimage site, the Italian cities of Venice and Bari vied to get control of the Nicholas relics. Tak...
There are two main roads to riches in today’s Japan: celebrity and venture capitalism. The venture capitalist families watch the celebrity families with jealous wariness. Is a star, or a star’s wife, expecting? When? Best avoid that month for one’s own child, goes the conventional wisdom...