<span>The factor of ideas was the big part of driving social change, according to Weber. Having ideas that forwarded society and having the wherewithal to put those ideas into action was the big reason why some people were able to get ahead in life and others struggled to make ends meet.</span>
Italy's Vesuvius has been a menacing figure since an eruption in 79 CE buried the city of Pompeii. Over the last 17,000 years, the volcano has gone through eight major explosive eruptions that were followed by large pyroclastic flows, according to the Smithsonian Institute/USGS Global Volcanic Program database.
