After the fall of the Western Roman Empire under the uncivilized barbarians in A.D. 476, the classical civilization also collapsed. The cultural advancement that was achieved by the
European civilization under the Romans was virtually erased. People retreated to the country sides and abandoned city life for more peaceful existence.
The center of commerce and culture during the Medieval Period was the manor. A manor is a vassal territory headed by a lord who exercised absolute authority over his serfs or workers. The manor is a self-contained and self-sufficient community whose main livelihood is based on agriculture. The serfs live and die without living the manor. Their whole
economic and social lives revolve in toiling the lord’s estates.
Map making dates back to ancient Babylonia where the earliest map is an illustration of their known world on a piece of clay tablet. The science of cartography advanced during the Greek era. Even during the time of Greek librarian (276-196 B.C.), the G
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There was a time when people can travel and not worry about a lodging place to spend the night in a foreign land. Some cultures, particularly ancient Semitic cultures, put emphasis on hospitality to strangers. You can read, for example, in the bible the
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