Agrarian and Rural Spaces: Activities, Land Use, and Impact
Agrarian and rural spaces
The term agrarian space is only used to refer to land where agrarian activities are undertaken. It includes cultivated land, pastures, meadows, and woodland. Meanwhile, the term rural space refers to all non-urban areas. It also includes agrarian spaces and land where other activities are also carried out, some of which were, until recently, more typical of cities, such as leisure areas, shopping centers, housing estates, and factories.
Agrarian activities
Agriculture is concerned
Read MoreCauses and Consequences of World War I and the Industrial Revolution
The First World War (I). Causes. Contenders
Broke in Europe in 1914. It covered a large territorial extension and was known as the Great War.
Central powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire. Bulgaria joined later
Allies or Triple Entente
France, Russia, UK and Serbia. US joined amongst others.
The causes of the conflict
The root causes
Political conflicts:
Territorial reasons (France claimed Alsace-Lorraine from Germany) Nationalistic reasons (Austro-Hungarian and Turkish empires confronted in the
Read MoreThe Roots of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
The Concept of the Industrial Revolution
Industrial revolution may be understood as all the changes to goods production and consumption due to the incorporation of machines in industrial manufacturing. These transformations happened over a long period of time and by slow and constant processes, changing the previous economy and society. These took place in Great Britain around 1780.
The Agricultural Revolution and Its Consequences
It has its origin in Great Britain. The transformation consisted of
Read MoreIndustrial Revolution: Causes, Development, and Consequences
Industrial Revolution: Causes
increase in agricultural production due to changes in agriculture. Triennial rotation was substituted by the Norfolk four-course system. Livestock increased so the nutrition improved. Changes in land ownership: large English landowners pushed to turn common land into private property. End of catastrophic mortality. Population growth. Modernisation of transport. Growth of financial means. Abundance in coal and other raw materials. Wealthy through their economic activities.
Roman Influence on British Culture
Fashion and Food
Life changed very little for the native peasants living outside the towns and villa estates, their houses remained simple undecorated huts, their clothes were made from home-spun wool, and they grew their own grain for the staple diet of bread and porridge.
The Romanized and urbanized middle and upper classes lived in style and comfort, eating a wide variety of food, drinking good wines and enjoying social life.
A man wore a simply cut tunic which also did service as a nightshirt.
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Tema 3. Settlement
1. What is a settlement?
A settlement is a place where people live.
A settlement may be as a single house in a remote area or as a large as a mega city.
A settlement may be permanent or temporary .
1. Settlement site and situation.
The piece of land upon which a settlement is built is the settlement site.
Some common site factors include:
Wet point sites: have a good water supply
Dry point sites: these are away from the risk of floodingÂ
Defensive site: locate in higher ground so in the