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A cultural trait is a single identifiable material or non-material element within a culture, and is conceivable as an object in itself. [1] [2] [3]Similar traits can be grouped together as components, or subsystems of culture; [4] the terms sociofact and mentifact (or psychofact) [5] were coined by biologist Julian Huxley as two of three subsystems of culture—the third being artifacts—to ...
The history of mentalities, from the French term histoire des mentalités (lit. ' history of attitudes '), is an approach to cultural history which aims to describe and analyze the ways in which historical people thought about, interacted with, and classified the world around them, as opposed to the history of particular events, or economic trends.
The life expectancy among adults was much higher; [20] a 21-year-old man in medieval England, for example, could expect to live to the age of 64. [21] [20] However, in various places and eras, life expectancy was noticeably lower. For example, monks often died in their 20s or 30s. [22]
A Watt steam engine in Madrid.The development of the steam engine propelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the world. The steam engine was created to pump water from coal mines, enabling them to be deepened beyond groundwater levels.
The first person on Hart's list is the Islamic prophet Muhammad. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Hart asserted that Muhammad was "supremely successful" in both the religious and secular realms, being responsible for both the foundations of Islam as well as the Early Muslim conquests uniting the Arabian Peninsula and eventually a wider caliphate after his death.
Established the dominance of samurai clans and eventually the first samurai-led government in the history of Japan: 1185 Rebellion of Asen and Peter against Byzantine Empire: Balkan Mountains: Bulgarians and Vlachs: Creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire: 1209–1211 Quách Bốc Rebellion Lý dynasty: Army led by General Quách Bốc
Historic recurrence is the repetition of similar events in history. [a] [b] The concept of historic recurrence has variously been applied to overall human history (e.g., to the rises and falls of empires), to repetitive patterns in the history of a given polity, and to any two specific events which bear a striking similarity. [4]
The bathtub hoax, an imaginary history of the bathtub published by H. L. Mencken. Johann Beringer's Lying Stones, carvings of fictitious animal fossils. The Berners Street hoax that occurred in Westminster, England in 1810.