The People of the Castles
In the very distant past people did not have the internet. They lived in their own place which was usually far away from other places and their information about other peoples and other places was fragmented and always through third parties. Few people visited other places systematically or even once in their lifetime, most did not interact with other peoples or cultures. As local populations grew, and settlements, villages, towns and cities sprang up here and there, and as the world became more geographically dispersed, communication began to strengthen. Oral, written, systematic. Communication made evident the diversity of peoples, cities, kingdoms, and then states. Other places, other customs; each place with its own nature, and therefore with a different life compass. From its natural resources to its people, and above…


