By 285 CE the Roman Empire<span> had grown so vast that it was no longer feasible to govern all the provinces from the central seat of </span>Rome<span>. The Emperor Diocletian </span>divided<span> the </span>empire into<span> halves with the </span>Eastern Empire<span> governed out of Byzantium (later Constantinople) and then </span>Western Empire<span> governed from </span>Rome<span>.</span>
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all emerged in <em><u>Southwest Asia</u></em>, but they began at different times and were led by different people. Study the map to get a sense of the geography of Southwest Asia before learning more about the origins of each religion.
Answer: The Berlin Blockade of 1948 to 1949 marked the beginning of the Cold War, the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 represented the high point of tensions and the opening of the Wall in 1989 represented the end of Cold War tensions.
