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alued human experience and believed in the dignity and worth of the individual.

often devout Christians,

Today we refer to the study of literature, philosophy and art as the humanities.

Carbon moves from fossil fuels to the atmosphere when fuels are burned.

Carbon moves from the atmosphere to the oceans. The oceans, and other bodies of water, soak up some carbon from the atmosphere.

greenhouse gas and traps heat in the atmosphere.

weathering of rocks on land can add carbon to surface water which eventually runs off to the ocean

Peter, Matthew, James and John,

as Paul of Tarsus who actively encouraged the founding of Christian communities or "churches" after his conversion.

Christianity spread initially from Jerusalem throughout the Near East. In the 4th century it was successively adopted as the state religion by Armenia in 301, Ethiopia in 325, Georgia in 337, and then the Roman Empire in 380. It became common to all of Europe in the Middle Ages and expanded throughout the world during Europe's Age of Exploration from the Renaissance onwards to become the world's largest religion.[1]

Christianity spread like a wildfire

Almost one third of the Roman Empire became Christian in little more than 100 years.

400s, when Rome was finally conquered

Nobles ate rich and fancy food prepared by the servants.

About 20 percent of women and 5 percent of babies died during childbirth.

There were plenty of toys and games. Medieval children had dolls, spinning tops, rattles, hobby horses, blocks, balls, whistles and puppets. Little girls had glass jewelry for dress-up, while little boys played with wooden soldiers, whips, toy horses and wooden swords.

Women sewed, took care of children and ran the estate.

At age 7, boys were sent to another castle to begin learning to become a knight.

At age 7, girls were sent to another castle to learn to become a lady.

Marriages were never based on love. They were arranged by the parents and often involved land issues and strategic bonds.

Girls as young as age 12 were married to anyone who met the requirements of the girl’s parents. Grooms could be from 20 years to 50 years old.

Royal children learned a few manners, a little reading, writing and dancing.

Clothing

The people were bound to their land plots

The court was overseen by a representative of the lord, usually his steward.

They had grazing and field rights around their village.

They did not have right to hunt most wild game

. The average farmer was given a plot of land on which he could farm.

The kings held this land by what they believed was "divine right"

The barons were given a large portion of the king's land, known as fiefs or manors.

"shield money" was often used to maintain a somewhat regular army.

. The class of lords solidified into an upper nobility class.

Whenever a baron was granted or inherited a fief, he was made into a vassal of the king.

"homage and fealty"

During the period of history known as the Middle Ages, feudalism was the law of the land.

Servant: Servants were house peasants who worked in the lord's manor house, doing the cooking, cleaning, laundering, and other household chores

Peasant or Villein - A peasant or villein was a low status tenant who worked as an agricultural worker or laborer. A peasant or villein usually cultivated 20-40 acres of land