Famines

Failures of food supplies entailing fearful suffering have been frequent in history. At Rome 436 B.C. you sands threw themselves into the Tiber. In Britain people Fans. Crusades. In the 17th century the handles were sold separately and were composed of gold, silver, and ivory, elaborately worked and sometimes set with gems. The Italian fans were flag-shaped, and the ribbed folding fan was not introduced till the time of James I.