... , which led to the fall of Rome. The government was becoming so distant from the people that the citizens stopped caring about the government, and the city of Rome and other older cities started to go to ruins. A consequence of the condition the people were in resulted in a decay of infrastructure. With the capitivity of its people by the government, the roads, the buildings and statues were left to rot and fall apart, especially after the fall. The people would rather live within the forests of Gaul, then ... help rebuild buildings for nothing but more taxation. The taxation, and warfar...

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... Empire however had a very unique outcome as the kingdom was divided in half. In the east, the area developed into the Byzantium Empire, which continued a peaceful state for approximately 1000 years after the fall of Rome and therefore preserving much of the classical culture through documentation and their material culture. In the west however, the region went into a dark decline - the Middle Ages. The peoples of the east were able to establish the Byzantium Empire because their land was sufficient enough ... to protect themselves from outside nomads. The western region ... ...

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... colonies along the west coast and trade goods with them while giving them new ideas and concepts at the same time. When the Greeks and the Romans came so did their war. War spread quickly spread across the land enveloping all in its way. Some groups that helped Rome in the war against the Greeks and Carthage were allowed to govern themselves, and went tax free. Rome quickly conquered all of modern day ... about cows. With the fall of the Roman Empire Cappasanta was briefly ruled by Byzantine; which ended with the invasion of the Arabs, and with this, the Middle Ages began. In conclusion...

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... 1500 C.E., it was time of urban revival, the Renaissance, and the Age of Exploration. Serfdom practically disappeared and free men moved into the cities for better opportunities to get a job. The cities were undergoing great commercial, cultural, and administrative changes. Most urban growth in the Latin West was due to the continuing growth of the trade and manufacturing, which came from ideas brought back from the crusades at the end of the Middle Ages. Guilds were ... gave Europeans new goods to trade. As sailing was the only way to move between the colonies and Europe, port cities b...

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