In terms of archaeology, towns and villas had been central to territorial organization and to patterns of production and consumption under the Romans. Under Germanic rulers, by contrast, unenclosed, irregular, agglomerations of houses seem to have been the dominant settlements, and in many areas ...
The Greeks and the Romans usedpennyroyalplant to induce menstruation and abortion. Native Americans use blue cohosh as traditional birth control. Soranus, a gynecologist from 2nd century had describedabortifacientactivity of common rue. Evaluation of herbs for their effect on the reproductive system has...
2.2.3 Credit from Informal Financial Institutions In many developing countries, different institutions provide diversified financial or related services. In this chapter, we focus on Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs), the most common form of informal financial institution that plays a sig...
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...
The enacting of these ceremonies has a threefold form: the Tabernacle; the first Temple of Solomon and the Second Temple, until its destruction by the Romans in AD 70. These three sanctuaries designated different periods of religious history of prophesy....
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...
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 (“...
[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(1 Cor. 11:4,5,7,10). Note, however, that literal heads (twice) and metaphorical heads (twice) seem ...
3 Pediatric Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatric Surgery, “V. Buzzi” Children’s Hospital, 20154 Milan, Italy 4 Department of Pediatrics, “V. Buzzi” Children’s Hospital, 20154 Milan, Italy 5 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Chelsea Children’s Hospital, Chelsea and...
This essay introduces and examines the impact of the Second Sophistic in the Near East on the history of rhetoric. Although the overall impact of sophists is apparent as early as the Classical Period of ancient Greece, this work emphasizes the renaissance of sophistic rhetoric during the so-calle...