From humble beginnings to positions of immense power, feudal lords once controlled the landscape. Their strength stemmed from landownership, upon which they built their clutches. They exacted taxes and granted protection to vassals, forging a system of reciprocity. Yet, the very foundations upon which their power rested proved unstable. As societa

When Stanley departs for England in March 1872, he leaves Livingstone at Lake Tanganyika - for that veteran explorer is decided to analyze A different river procedure, west in the lake, which he thinks must be joined either for the Nile or into the Congo. as a consequence of Leopold's passionate curiosity in his venture, it is the Belgian undertak