The population of the Roman Empire was one of the largest and most diverse in the ancient world. At its peak, the empire had an estimated population of over 45 million people, spread across three continents and numerous provinces. The Roman Empire was characterized bya complex and evolving sys...
History, language, customs, and an Islamic heritage make Algeria an integral part of the Maghreb and the larger Arab world, but the country also has a sizable Amazigh (Berber) population, with links to that cultural tradition. Once the breadbasket of the Roman Empire, the territory now compris...
New York, constituent state of the U.S., one of the 13 original colonies and states. Its capital is Albany and its largest city is New York City, the cultural and financial center of American life. Until the 1960s New York was the country’s leading stat
How big was the Persian Empire at its peak? What was important about the location of the Persian Empire? What was the largest empire of the ancient Middle East? What did the Persian Empire invent? How big was the Persian Empire's army?
1. This period correlates with Roman Empire times, with population of nearly 40 million and probably even 70 million at its peak. At that time, the global population is estimated to 190–200 million99,100. The rise, fall, and grand achievement of the Roman Empire is a topic of continuous...
All we know is that the technology of hay was unknown to the Roman Empire but was known to every village of medieval Europe. Like many other crucially important technologies, hay emerged anonymously during the so-called Dark Ages. According to the Hay Theory of History, the invention of hay...
its minimum around 6500 BP (Fig.1, TableS3). Mean body mass follows a broadly similar pattern of decline, although initiating later around 20,000 BP and also reaching a minimum at 6500 BP (Fig.1, TableS4). Both stature and body mass gradually recover in the millennia following 6500 BP....
Economic exchange was clearly very important as the Roman army brought with it very substantial spending power. Locally a fort had two kinds of impact. Its large population needed food and other supplies. Some of these were certainly brought from long distances, but demands were inevitably placed...
Areas rapidly incorporated into the empire were not long affected by the military. Where the army remained stationed, its presence was much more influential. The imposition of a military base involved the requisition of native lands for both the fort and the territory needed to feed and exercise...
Technology is proving everybody wrong: Ehrlich as well as peak oil doomers. One month ago I visited the Arnhem Open Air Museum, during the first beautiful day of the year: https://youtu.be/ynSP8uFBCKU It shows the history of the Netherlands between roughly 1750-1920, mostly concentrating ...