Moreover, daughters shared equally in the estate of a father who died
without a will - thus transferring assets from their family of origin
to their husband's family. No wonder females were decried as an
economic liability.
At the beginning, slaves were considered to be part of the family and
were well-treated. They were allowed to save money (peculium) and to
purchase their freedom. Freed slaves became full-fledged Roman
citizens and usually stayed on with the family as hired help or paid
laborers. Only much later, in the vast plantations amassed by wealthy
Romans, were slaves abused and regarded as inanimate property.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa081997.htm
http://myron.sjsu.edu/romeweb/SOCIAL/art1.htm
Rubber
It was the British chemist, Joseph Priestley, who gave rubber its name
in 1770, when he discovered that it can rub away - erase - pencil
marks.
http://www.rubber.org/
http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/priestley/
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Sahara Desert
The Sahara desert covers 8.6 million square kilometers (or 3.2 million
square miles) - the size of the USA.
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