It promoted the (relatively) rapid diffusion of immigrants, language, and domesticated crops and animals. Those factors are examined in excellent detail in Jared Diamond's book, "Germ, Guns and Steel" which I highly recommend for anyone studying the development of world cultures. It's a long read, but well worth it.
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FOUR (4)
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The four main kingdoms in Anglo-Saxon England were: East Anglia. Mercia. Northumbria, including sub-kingdoms Bernicia and Deira.
Plumbing was more of a luxury/comfort for people that also made their life easier. Baths were common and were usually taken while standing up in public baths. Bathing was also used for ceremonial purposes in religious services and rituals. Toilets were only limited to those who could afford them, so the upper class. Lower classes used urns or sump pots. Upper class toilets were stacked bricks with a hole that would drain out. Plumbing on the 2nd floor though was led by pipes to the streets. Limestone was used to prevent leakage.
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The fall of the Berlin wall might have impacted the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States in that this event represented the culmination of tense and conflictive relationships during the Cold War years in which both nations competed in the arms race, meanwhile the Soviet Union tried to spread Communism in many places and the United States tried to stop it through the foreign policy of containment. USSR leader Mikail Gorbachev and his policies of Perestroika and Glasnost really helped to facilitate this process.
The main benefit of slavery to governments in the colonies is that it provided a system of almost entirely free labor, since the slaves were not compensated for their work, which took place primarily in fields. <span />
