An emerging alternative to marriage is , where a couple is engaged in a long-term relationship, but each partner also maintains a separate dwelling.

living alone together (LAT)

Explanation:

In this type of relationship, there is the two people involved what to be a couple bit at the same time has his or her freedom, space and time to his or herself. Most LAT couples are afraid or harsh about seone invading their personal space, they are afraid of full commitment and failures from previous relationship makes them want to be distance and not be vulnerable to emotional blackmail or cost of living.

unless they converted, many non-christians (mainly jews and muslims) were persecuted

local max is .5

step-by-step explanation:

the local maximum is for x values between 2 and 4

it looks like the x value is 2.5 and the y value is .5