the loss of money that funded the war and the lack of morale
Eratosthenes (276-194 BC) was a Greek mathematician and astronomer who made an amazingly close calculation of the actual circumference of the earth. He did it by noting the angle of shadows in two cities during the summer solstice, and then doing geometric calculations that factored in the distance between the cities.
Oh, and besides math and astronomy, Eratosthenes was also a poet and music theorist, as well as pretty much inventing the field of study we call geography today. He was what we would call a "polymath" (a person of knowledge of all sorts of things) -- or, what the Greeks called a <span>Πένταθλος (pentathlos).</span>
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The relationship between the church and the state towards the end of medieval times was chaotic. The pope and the monarchy were in constant power struggles. One such is example is the conflict between King Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII. The conflict between King Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII concerned the question of who got to appoint bishops and church officals. Henry believed that, as king, he had the right to appoint the bishops of the church. However, Pope Gregory VII denied these claims of power which set a of a power feud between the monarchy and papacy.
The Great War for Empire is a term that is used by some people to refer to the Seven Years' War. This is the war that is known in America as the French and Indian War.
