This book provides a quantitative view of our civilization over the next 100,000 years, in comparison to the 40-60,000 years it took for modern humans to emerge from Africa, on the basis of contemporary scientific and technological knowledge. The first 5 chapters provide the general scientific background, starting with a brief history of our planet, from its formation 4.5 billion years ago until the present day.
Tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Vol. 7 of 10
This is a vast collection of great Arthurian literature: poetry, drama and essays, written after the main canon, principally in the 18th through to the early 20th centuries.
Tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Vol. 10 of 10
This is a vast collection of great Arthurian literature: poetry, drama and essays, written after the main canon, principally in the 18th through to the early 20th centuries.
Tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Vol. 6 of 10
This is a vast collection of great Arthurian literature: poetry, drama and essays, written after the main canon, principally in the 18th through to the early 20th centuries.
The palaces of Venice have long excited the wonder of visitors. These grand, ornate buildings seem to float on the water of the city's canals like the sea castles in a mariner's dream. But Juergen Schulz demonstrates that the origins of these residences lay on terra firma, in a widely disseminated building type that, during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, was adapted to the special circumstances of an Adriatic lagoon and the needs of the merchants who were turning this environment into a center of trade.
