1) First modern credit card introduced. 2) First organ transplant. 3) First "peanuts" cartoon strip introduced. 4) Korean war begins. 5) Senator Joseph Mccarthy begins communist witch hunt. 6) U.S president Truman orders construction of Hydrogen bomb. Hope this helps :)
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Rome became the most powerful state in the world by the first century BCE through a combination of military power, political flexibility, economic expansion, and more than a bit of good luck. This expansion changed the Mediterranean world and also changed Rome itself.
Trade to Western Europe grew as a result of the <span>Crusades opening travel to the Near East and bringing back new goods</span>