Compass--this originated in China and made its way through Africa, the Muslim Empires and Europe.
The magnetic compass became important during sea voyages in navigating the direction of the boats. This method was more reliable especially when the sailors were unable to see the stars to direct navigation.
Answer: Due to advances in military industry, soldier training, and technique.
Explanation:
During the ancient period and the Middle Ages, mass military operations were launched to achieve specific military objectives. With the development of science, technology, and advances in the military industry, this practice has diminished. With the training of soldiers, with the development of the technique, smaller military units were organized that numbered significantly fewer soldiers to carry out certain military operations. Fewer well-trained soldiers were more comfortable to coordinate. Also, these troops performed individual tasks faster, and sometimes these operations were crucial to achieving a particular strategic advantage on the battlefield.
Answer:
Soviet Union and USA
Explanation:
The Soviet Union was superpower during the Cold War that supported communism while the USA was the other superpower who opposed communism. The Cold War ended with the break-up of the Soviet Union.
The problems that<span> had to be resolved in the months prior to independence were:
- To partition
- Where to parition
Eventually, they decided to be separated from the british colony in the year of 1947. and the territory was divided into two, which now known as the country of Pakistan</span>
<u>Medieval Japanese poetry:</u> there are several Japanese poetry forms:
- KANSHI: is a japanese term for Chinese poetry, as well as japanese poety written in Chinese by Japanese poets. It was the most popular among aristocrats. Kanshi had multiple forms, but most notable were in 5 or 7 syllables in 4 or 8 lines.
- WAKA: waka has the general meaning of "poetry in Japanese". In the 10th century, waka had become the standard term used for short poems of the tanka form,.
- TANKA: Tanka are poems written in Japanese with five lines having a 5–7–5–7–7 metre. The tanka form has shown some modern revival in popularity.
- HAIKU: is a short, 3-line verse form, which has achieved significant global popularity, and the haiku form has been adapted from Japanese into other languages.
<u>Medieval Japanese books:</u>
Medieval Japanese books belonged to two different types of literature in Japan:
- HEIAN LITERATURE: This was the golden era. Literature was centered in nobility and monks. "The Tale of Genji", written by a woman named Murasaki Shikibu, is considered the pre-eminent novel of Heian fiction. Another piece of fictional Japanese literature was Konjaku Monogatarishū, a collection of over a thousand stories in 31 volumes.
- KAMUKARA- MUROMACHI LITERATURE: During this period, Japan experienced many civil wars so, there were war tales, histories, and related stories. A representative work is"The Tale of the Heike" an epic account of the struggle between the Minamoto and Taira clans for control of Japan at the end of the twelfth century. There were fewer notable works by female authors during this period, reflecting the lowered status of women.
- Muromachi literature had to do with classical court literature, which had been the focal point of Japanese literature
