turbotubbs

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)

Go back to the pre-reformation days, when England was still Catholic. The daily life and calendar were intimately connected to the church. Much of English culture devolves from this. Of course there … (View Post)