Although the standard which you will be expected to reach will be the same in every school, the actual training programme and methods may vary. This is because they are determined by the craft (hang glider or paraglider), the type of launch method (hill or tow), the site, and the weather on the day. Once you have mastered controlling the glider on the ground (‘ground handling’) – which i…
Ancient Greece wasn't one big country like modern Greece is today. Instead, areas of land belonged to ‘city states’ (poleis), which all acted separately from the others. Sometimes they would make alliances with each other to fight enemies like the Persians — sometimes the Greek city states would fight each other.
This volume, covering the period 1666–1800, considers the archaeology of the port of London on a wide scale, from the City down the Thames to Deptford. During this period, with the waterfront at its centre, London became the hub of the new British empire, contributing to the exploitation of people from other lands known as slavery.