The farmers and herders were the lowest level.
They were in the peasant class along with the slaves.
The eastern neighbors had been converted to Christianity with the reign of the Byzantine Empire. Cyrillic alphabets were introduced and developed in the regions. Scientific knowledge were also transferred to the eastern neighbors during the Middle Ages.
Congress holds the power to declare war. As a result, the president cannot declare war without their approval. However, as the Commander in Chief of the armed forces, many presidents have sent troops to battle without an official war declaration Ex. Vietnam, Korea.
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The answer would be the successful overthrow by a European power of a foreign local government. This is on account of the Ethiopian ruler Tewodros II submitted suicide when he understood he'd lost the last skirmish of the crusade, which was mounted by Britain to free British and other European prisoners seized by Tewodros.
I believe it was the Rhine or something close to that, where they had mined iron. I could be wrong though, good luck.