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    freedom was Connecticut‚ which gave us the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. The cause of this difference was that most of the colonist had fled to the colonies to escape religious persecution. In fact they almost had a majority rule‚ therefore they did not want a powerful church to suppress or persecute them here in the new world. So they hacked the power of the church and made sure it stayed out of government affairs. In a similar economic revolution‚ the colonies outgrew their mercantile relationship

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    Byzantine Empire under Justinian When Justinian became emperor in 527‚ he wanted to build a new Rome by incorporating the ancient Roman Empire. He made Constantinople the capital of the Byzantine Empire and kept the Roman culture along with the Greek culture for more than a thousand years. Justinian helped rebuild the Roman Empire by the many contributions he gave to the empire; he was able to rule a well-structured empire. Justinian was known partly for rebuilding the Roman Empire; he restored

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    Inca empire also known as the Tawantinsuyu to the Incas was founded in 15th century A.D by a small city name Cuzco or modern day Peru which rapidly expanded. This was all due to the first emperor/Carpa Pachacuti who came into power after stopping the invasion of one of their rival groups the Cuzco was named the Chancas and ruled from 1438-1471. The rapid expansion was due to the key factors that it was located between two other empires‚ the Wari and the Tiwanaku which allowed them to use

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    Empire. The Ottoman Empire was a group in Northwest Anatolia‚ it had fallen towards the end of World War I. Lawrence of Arabia was a british soldier. He went to the Middle East to find a leader for an Arab revolt. Lawrence was a strong encourager of Arab nationalism‚ which helped weaken the Ottoman Empire. He worked closely with Prince Faisal‚ who became the leader of the Arab revolts. Prince Faisal believed he would become the leader of an Arab country after World War I. Though he was later rejected

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    Christianity Transformed the Roman Empire Christianity started with Jesus. Jesus had many followers that spread the good news about Christianity not only in Rome but to its surrounding countries. New ideas can change people and places rapidly. These ideas had an impact on the family life of Romans‚ the Pax Romana‚ the Roman Tolerance for other religions‚ and the Rebirth of Roman State Religion. The family life of Romans was changed. Paterfamilias is where the male is the head of the household and

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    During the thirteenth century‚ the Mongolian Empire dominated Eurasia through theconquests of Ghenis Khan‚ and the victories over vast regions of people and land allowed for theestablishment of trade routes across great distances. This merger of lands permitted the beginning of trade between the oriental and occidental; therefore‚ the Mongolian Empire became an agent for theunprecedented exchange of ideas‚ goods‚ and political gestures on an international scale. There weremultiple causes that lead

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    ushered in a time of chaos‚ similar to the one Western Europe experienced following the breakdown of the Roman Empire in 476 ce. Alexander’s death was sudden and his empire disintegrated into a 40-year period of war and chaos in 321 BCE. Dissension and rivalry soon afflicted the Macedonians. During that time‚ there was a major power struggle since the central administration of the empire collapsed and Alexander failed to assign an heir. This led to his generals battling each other to rule their

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    receiving word that the Senate had declared him a public enemy. He was 30 years old. In the beginning of 68 C.E. Gaius Vindex led a rebellion against Nero‚ Rome’s current emperor‚ that could have been easily stopped had Nero not given up so soon. Nero did not put put up much of a fight during his fall‚ and was easily overtaken by the rebels‚ proving that anyone with an army backing them up could become emperor of Rome. Afterwards‚ Sulpicius Galba was put in charge of Rome but ruled poorly‚ marking the

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    An Empire is a group of countries that are all controlled by one country. Britain started forming an Empire in 1743 in the Renaissance period. Britain decided they wanted an empire so they could rule for four sub-reasons; these are Exploration‚ Economic‚ Social‚ and of course Power. During the time of the empire countries such as Australia‚ India‚ South America and America. The first reason why Britain wanted an empire is Exploration. James Cook claimed Australia in the name of the British government

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    Mali was not an Islamic kingdom originally. The kingdom of Kangaba which would grow into the mighty empire of Mali‚ is thought to have been founded about 1000 AD. It was within the empire of (Ancient) Ghana‚ to whom they had to pay tribute. When Ghana came apart due to outside attacks and inside revolts‚ eventually it was taken over by the Fulani of Takrur‚ led by Sumanguru. 1230-1240 AD‚ the people of Kangaba‚ angered by the harsh rule of Sumanguru‚ made a bid for independence‚ under the leadership

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