<span>Our families have been with us through our growing
years and they saw every bit of our strengths, weaknesses, capabilities and
tendencies as a person. It is natural that when we solicit for decision on very
important matters such as business, we seek for their opinion as they see the
‘blind spot’ in the situation.</span>
I don't know what the original empire was, so I don't know what the "others" are, but here some examples:
- the Aztec empire. Contribution: the cultivation of cocoa plant
-the Roman Empire. Contribution: roads, aqueducts, spread of latin script
- Islamic Empire. Contribution: maintenance of ancient Greek knowledge in their libraries and contributions to medical knowledge
- to form a lasting peace with just treaty terms
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to establish trade barriers as an economic means of punishing aggressive countries.
Then-president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, made a proposal that aimed to resolve the issue definitively. For him, it was more important to seal peace and prevent another war than to point out punishments for losers and compensations for winners. In other words, the US president embraced a kind of "peace without winners."
Politics, technology, consumerism, religion, & economy are all big parts of modern day culture.
