That’s not really a contradiction. As a society we have very much been shaped by the church. Much of what we consider to be the right way to behave devolves from the churches teaching. And many peopl… (View Post)

Jokingly yes, but in reality the invention of banking and hence finance was crucial. Borrow money, buy a ship, trade to far off places, make sheds of cash, re-invest etc and in two generations you ar… (View Post)

Bit of both. The end of Roman Britain and the gradual abandonment of the towns and cities, combined with a lot fewer written documents giving the impression of a society regressing away from the ‘ide… (View Post)

Alright but apart from that… (View Post)

Graeco-Roman contributions? The Romans were a slavery based society. What were their great achievements? Arguably an empire based on a unique way of funding an army and selling the idea of Rome to co… (View Post)