The old adage was " bully a bully, shame a coward". It worked: Bullies don't like "a taste of their own medicine". Once it has worked on them, everyone can see that it worked so they won't do it again simply because they know they'll get the same treatment. Nowadays of course, we look for … Read more

I'm sure it went on before then but it was common in ancient Greece and ancient Rome.  Slaves were taken from other European countries as well as the Middle East and, via Egypt, Nubian slaves were owned by Romans.  African slaves were a fairly common occurrence in ancient Greece and ancient Rome because … Read more

Slavery has existed for thousands of years and was practised by all the dominant civilisations in history.  From the 13th to the 18th century, European slaves were taken from the southern coasts of Europe and the western coast of Europe up to and including north-west France, southwest England and Ireland: They were taken by … Read more

By the 7th century, Christianity was widely established in the eastern Mediterranean, from Greece, through Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine (now Israel) and Egypt.  It extended inland eastwards.  It coexisted with other religions pretty easily, the principal one being Judaism and the Roman religion of Mithraism.  There's plenty about this on the Internet. … Read more

1.  Taxes -- in other words your money.  Our money. 2.  They borrow money.  They borrow billions.  And billions.  They do this by issuing government bonds that pay interest to those -- usually banks or pension funds -- who invest in them.  But it's … Read more

The word literally means "rebirth".  If you are asking about the historical period, The Renaissance, that was a time (say 1400 -- 1550) which saw the spread of language and learning right … Read more