Yes, it is generally true that the<span> Capetians improved government, since they were the most active in the Crusades, which helped the state gain far more wealth. </span>
Steerage is the lower deck of a ship. <span>With low privacy and security, bad food and sanitary conditions, steerage was inhumane and many passengers died during travel.
</span>Worse case of steerage passenger abuse was in 1912, when in the eight weeks of voyage, there was 58 deaths, among them was 57 children.
Semi-direct democracy is a type of democracy that combines the mechanisms of direct democracy and representative government. In semi-direct democracy, representatives administer daily governance, but citizens keep the sovereignty, being able to control their governments and laws through different forms of popular action: binding referendum, popular initiative, revocation of mandate, and public consultations. The first two forms—referendums and initiatives—are examples of direct legislation.
