Everything changed during the Industrial Revolution, which began around 1750. People found an extra source of energy with an incredible capacity for work. That source was fossil fuels — coal, oil, and natural gas, though coal led the way — formed underground from the remains of plants and animals from much earlier geologic times. When these fuels were burned, they released energy, originally from the Sun, that had been stored for hundreds of millions of years. Coal was formed when huge trees from the Carboniferous period (345– 280 million years ago) fell and were covered with water, so that oxygen and bacteria could not decay them. Instead, the pressure of the weight of materials above them compressed them into dark, carbonic, ignitable rock. Most of the Earth’s oil and gas formed over a hundred million years ago from tiny animal skeletons and plant matter that fell to the bottom of seas or were buried in sediment. This organic matter was compacted by the weight of water and soil. Coal, oil, and gas, despite their relative abundance, are not evenly distributed on Earth; some places have much more than others, due to geographic factors and the diverse ecosystems that existed long ago. Early Steam Engines
The story of the Industrial Revolution begins on the small island of Great Britain. By the early 18th century, people there had used up most of their trees for building houses and ships and for cooking and heating. In their search for something else to burn, they turned to the hunks of black stone (coal) that they found near the surface of the earth. Soon they were digging deeper to mine it. Their coal mines filled with water that needed to be removed; horses pulling up bucketfuls proved slow going.
In Roman society, the aristocrats were known as patricians. The highest positions in the government were held by two consuls, or leaders, who ruled the Roman Republic. A senate composed of patricians elected these consuls. At this time, lower-class citizens, or plebeians, had virtually no say in the government.
<span>Alexandra's behavior would suggest that this mimicry is a component of Empathy. Empathy is the ability to perceive and understand the emotions and feelings of other people. That is, it is to put on "the shoes" of others and perceive the world as they do. <span>Empathy is part of social and emotional intelligence and helps in interpersonal relationships.
Frances, like most people in her culture, avoids making eye contact with strangers. A conventionalist would call the action of making eye contact with strangers <u>impermissible.</u>
Conventionalists adhere to a belief that the principles and values, moral rules, social expectations and etiquette, are a creation of human society and therefore not immutable or universal; rather, they are specific to a particular culture.
For example, the prohibition against murder or stealing are not universal laws, applicable to all societies, but are created over time through agreements -implicit or explicit- between members of society.
Where making eye contact with strangers is against the norm, a conventionalist would argue that it is impermissible to commit that particular action.
