Under Germanic rulers, by contrast, unenclosed, irregular, agglomerations of houses seem to have been the dominant settlements, and in many areas they were associated with a greater amount of pastoral farming than had been the case under the Romans. These agglomerations, generally comprised of ...
Most buildings had their own latrines on the ground floor often connected to the sewer but vast numbers of Romans lived either at an awkward distance from the latrines or on the upper floors of buildings. These either carried their sewage to cesspools, or notwithstanding, laws to the contrary...
1、英语国家概况(Overview of English speaking countries)Chapter 1 land and peopleDifferent names and territories of the United KingdomWhen people speak of Britain, they often use different names: Britain, Great Britain, England, the British Isles, the United Kingdom, and so on. Are these names...
Informal credit markets play a critical role in the social and economic life of people with limited access to financial services from formal financial institutions. In this chapter, we provide an extensive review of informal credit markets. What social and economic functions do they provide to ...
The Romans differed from the Greeks in their concept of education. The meaning of life did not intrigue them as much as developing a citizenry that could contribute to society in a practical way, for building roads and aqueducts. The Rom... LD Hammond,K Austin,S Orcutt,... 被引量: 47...
The Romans were particularly concerned with the rituals around death and dying and therefore first created the concept of funeral insurance. Today, the selling of funeral insurance through direct TV is often viewed by the regulators and the public alike as a deceptive substitute for life insurance ...
4 BC – Emmaus is razed and burnt down by Romans after Jewish attack on garrison 66 AD – Rebuilt Emmaus becomes the town of Toparchy 70,135 AD – During the Jewish Revolts, Romans have walled camps in Emmaus 221/223 AD – Emmaus raises to level of Roman City and named Nikopolis (“...
Nudge theory is a flexible and modern change-management concept for the understanding how people think, make decisions, and behave; helping people improve their thinking and decisions; managing change of all sorts and; identifying and modifying existing unhelpful influences on people. Nudge theory was...
Mutuality and equal status is the ideal in relationships within the body of Christ. Click To Tweet Footnote [1]Paul refers to actual heads (the part of the body on top of our necks) only a few times in his letters: once in Romans (Rom. 12:20) and a few times in1 Corinthians 11(...
The Romans introduced fired bricks to England although, after the fall of the Roman Empire, the use of masonry effectively ceased. Stone masonry construction began again in Europe during the 9th and 10th centuries and thousands of churches and cathedrals were built in masonry during the Middle Age...