Alexander had a love-hate relationship with his father, King Philip II of Macedonia. While at times he appeared to be the ...

A complex series of ceremonies, the Three Letters and Six Rites aimed to ensure social recognition, family consent and ...

Childbirth in much of human history has been a class act. The upper classes were encouraged to reproduce as much as possible, and a woman who was pregnant or recovering from childbirth took time ...

The great poet T S Eliot has said April is the cruellest month of the year But to this astrologer April means tremendous energy combative spirit and the sap which makes trees grow In other words April ...

This is particularly true for rural areas which are less developed and where marriage customs are relatively traditional. A sample survey, "Hundreds of Villages in China", by the New Urbanization and ...

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