The Longhouse (or Birch Bark House) was a long, narrow house that was traditionally built by the American Native Indians of theNortheast Woodlands. The main tribes who used the longhouse were those belonging to the powerful Iroquois Confederacy which included the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga,Cayuga and Seneca people. Hope this is the answer?
Harsh and extremely cold winter was the main geographical factor that added to German losses at Stalingrad.
Russia is well-known for its cold winters and many people from Western Europe even nowadays complain about severe weather conditions while visiting this country. Thus, this is not surprising, that cold weather became a serious obstacle on the way of Germans.
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It implies the focus of the empire as a whole was moving away from the Western half. The West was poor and stretched to thin to face the germanic hordes. Rome had been sacked multiple times and just never returned to what it once was. This time of weakness for the Western half of the empire provided the opportunity for the eastern half to become prominent and the cultural and political center for the Roman people. The fact that Justinian was the last emperor to speak latin showed how a complete shift had taken place in Roman society. Suddenly Greek became the language of choice and Byzantium became the most important part of the empire. In short it illustrates the fall of the west and rise of the east.
