Why do we sleep? How do GPS systems work? Who was the first person to reach the North Pole? Did anybody ever escape Alcatraz?…
A. Innovations in transportation, state policies, and mercantile practices contributed to the expansion and development of commercial networks which leaded to roads being built and transporting the goods and ideas of technological advances and new ideas come to be and development of society is helped. Gun Powder is a new technology that came to be and empires used it and guns came to be and the worlds first known guns came in China.…
Both Han and Rome suffered similar economic failures towards the decline of the empires. Both empires suffered from Germanic invasions. Because of the lack of stable leadership, the empires were unable to unite to fight against the Germanic invasions. The leaders began to create higher taxes to pay for military defenses. As a result the economy failed and ultimately caused empires' decline.…
During the Industrial Revolution, Great Britain experienced increased population, trade and an expanded economy. In the 1850’s, population reached a staggering 266 million. Because there were so many people, and because Britain was making and exporting so many goods, new factories opened up. And because of this, many new jobs became available. This caused industrial capitalism. Industrial capitalism is an economic system that is based on industrial production. Because so many people were now in Britain, it became dense and urban. This caused many new factories to open up, which caused the production of all exports to increase, which led to industrial capitalism to grow in Great Britain.…
There were many reasons for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Each document in this essay explains a different reason. Some causes were: political, economic, social, and military differences and problems. Basically, the problem was that the gap between the rich aristocrats and the poor serfs got bigger and bigger; the rich got richer as the poor got poorer. Also, when something grows, it always falls back down. In Document 1, an excerpt from a book was taken out. According to the authors, the basic problems facing the Western Roman Empire came from the people that gave up devotion to the old civilization and didn't believe that it was worth saving. Why should they care about their land if they weren't allowed to take part in government say, they couldn't form groups to protect themselves, and were even excluded from their own army? The practically jobless people realized that their cities were slowly falling, but no one bothered to stop their decline; it was something that had to happen. The loss of popular support to the oppressive government, increased government corruption, division of the empire, and internal power struggles were some political causes that led to the fall of Rome. In Document 2, two causes for the fall of Rome were: the large size, and the introduction to Christianity. Because the Empire grew too large, it became uneasy to control. It was inevitable for the fall to occur, no matter how much anyone tried. Jesus' introduction to Christianity also started a change. The clergy (priests) helped change the moral values of society. It no longer mattered much, and military power was buried or thrown away. The rich's wealth was taken away and given to charity (poor). In Document 3, the Muller's explanation for the decline was an economic issue. As the Empire grew stronger, so did economy. When the Empire started to decline, business ceased and there was little progress, so that also crashed along with the empire itself. Slavery caused another…
In conclusion, there are many factors that contributed to the rise of the Roman Empire. There are other religious figures, leaders and benefactors to the rise but I believe Augustus's reforms were a big influence all over Rome. The transformations would later inspire other empires surrounding them. The reforms made by Augustus would lead Rome into the era of Pax Romana and years of…
The Europeans developed gunpowder to the point that it became the central feature of European overseas expansion. Although the Europeans’ use of gunpowder played a significant role in conquering land from the 15th to 19th century, it is their innovative ability to integrate and alter their economic and military paradigms for the interest of the creative development of gunpowder that allowed them to dominate new land they came across. Their success was because gunpowder helped create a more aggressive mentality of capitalism that encouraged monopolies that lacked regulation and it allowed for overall superior naval weaponry development.…
| Raw materials(metals, vegetable oils, dyes, cotton, and hemp—needed to feed the machines of Europe, not spices or manufactured goods, were the main products the Europeans wanted.…
Rome was first established according to legend by two twins with the names of Romulus and Remus. According to legend, they were thrown in the Tiber river to drown. There uncle was fearful of what they would become. A mother wolf found them and took them in as her own. When they were older they came across what was going to be called Rome. Romulus killed Remus so that he could be, what they called an emperor later on, the first king of Rome. Rome’s geography played a key role in it becoming a huge and powerful empire. Mountain ranges in the north kept the Huns and other invaders from coming into the empire. If your house was on a hill, it was less apt to get robbed and you were much safer. The Mediterranean Sea was the center for commerce and trade. Trade was a key part in how Rome became a dominant and powerful empire. Wealth brought power and influence.…
Three major different empires rose in strength, one after the other, in ancient Africa on the west coast. The first was Ghana: The king Dinga Cisse did not want his people to know the Muslim traders. He built the traders their own city, so his people would be protected from the Muslim traders and from their ideas. The second was Mali: Mansa Musa the king of Mali found the religion of Islam to be most interesting and thought it to be inviting and familiar. Mali had religious freedom.…
* Elites believed that destruction of Buddhist influence would restore the values of hierarchy and social harmony…
The Roman Empire was one of the most advanced and largest civilizations with their amazing architecture, astonishing inventions and many more. But Nothing can last forever. The fall of the roman empire was caused by four main reasons. Political issues or an unstable government, Economic problems, Diseases could have played a part and lastly, foreign invaders.…
west to be an empty wilderness. And in less than fifty years, from the 1803…
This shows how drastically the Axial Age affected the Age of Empires. Imperialism and trade both played huge factors in the expansion of the empires. The new, strong intellectual ideologies helped develop and create a strong foundation for the political developments. The political developments in return help expand the strong empires and help them become much more strong and stable. Rulers of the empires stabilized their governmental systems and grasped a good system for maintaining resources. The Axial Age is the bark of the tree, and the Age of Empires expanded on the ideas from the Axial Age, creating the branches of the tree. The new political, economical, and philosophical ideas helped shape and provide a stronger and stabilized…
You might have heard of gun powder, but do you know who invented it and when it was created. It was first created by the Chinese during the tang dynasty. This particular dynasty was active in the 18th century. Gunpowder contains 3 important ingredients: sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal. Ironically today we use gunpowder to kill but before used in weapons the Chinese thought it could cure skin diseases. Soon after gunpowder’s total potential was discover. The Chinese then invented the cannon. Three major empires saw the power of these cannon and began to create and experiment with this new technology. As known technology advanced so did cannon building and other small arms. This allowed the empires that invested in this technology to strengthen and spread out and conquer more lands. As these empires expanded they began to intrude on European cities. Naturally Europeans didn’t appreciate the intrusion. The Europeans began to fight back and start wars, most importantly at the battle of Vienna. Vienna was a very important city for the Ottoman Empire to conquer seeing how it is the easy passage through the mountains to Europe, a sort of doorway. The Ottoman Empire attacks the best they could fighting the Europeans. The fighting was so close that only the long waited Calvary from Poland was able to save the Europeans from total disaster. Maybe if the ottomans gunpowder was more powerful and closer to today’s formula they would have won. If the Calvary had never showed up the entire history of Europe would be different. Another example is when the Ottoman Empire managed to conquer Istanbul. You may be wondering how anyone could get past the 50 by 40 foot walls of Istanbul. The Ottoman Empire developed huge cannon. These cannon were twenty six feet long and 18 inches thick. It shot carved stone balls that weighed in excess of six hundred pounds. These alone weren’t enough to take down the wall; however the ottomans came up with a clever strategy. What the ottomans did was…
