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There are three things that the word galley can mean or relate to. The most common one is an old time ship. The Romans and Greeks had galleys which were powered by oars. In medieval times a galley morphed into a large, low ships powered by oars and sails and was used for both war and commerce. Another definition for galley is a kitchen especially the kitchen of a ship or plane. The third definition of galley is a printing term which can either be a tray to hold a column of set print or the proof sheet of photos or typeset materials

produced before being made into pages or the finished product.

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How fast could Roman galleys go?

it goes 50mph


How were the Roman ships powered?

Roman galleys were powered by a combination of sail and oars. They were predominantly fighting vessels and carried from 50 to 80 oarsmen arranged in various rows and tiers dependent on the type of ship and a marine contingent. The sailors would have been highly skilled and formed an elite. The marines would have also been highly skilled in sea fighting and would have been well looked after. The conventional view of the oarsmen is that they were slaves, deserters, criminals and POW's and that they were chained and whipped to produce results. The life of an oarsman in the galleys would not have been easy but they had to have been well fed and fit in order to do their job.


How were the lives of serfs and lords different?

serfs coulndn't be sold or bought. they were higher then slaves in position ----- Serfdom and slavery were two entirely different things. A slave had very few rights, or possibly none. The slave could be bought or sold, and in most systems could be abused in any way the owner saw fit. For example, slaves were often made to row galleys in wars against their own people. A serf did not have the right to move off the manor, but was otherwise mostly free. The serf had to pay rent in some form, depending on custom, which might have meant six days' work each month, a portion of the harvest, or an amount of money equal to the value of a portion of the harvest. But the serf had a right to a place to live, fields to farm, and protection in war or famine. Serfdom was a system in which the serf and the lord had obligations to each other, and what the serf got was not inconsiderable. The Church repeatedly condemned slavery or practices connected to slavery in the Middle Ages, and the result was that the Norman Kings of England banned the practice altogether with laws in 1066 and 1102. Serfdom, however, continued in most of Western Europe until the time of the Black Death in the 1350s, and was never a condemned practice.


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What rhymes with valley?

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