The Roman idea of citizenship helped to expand its empire and spread its culture.
The account of the travels of the Muslim legal scholar Ibn Battuta in
the first half of the 14th century reveals the wide scope of the Muslim
world at that time.
President Taft's use of "Dollar Diplomacy" in Nicaragua and China showed that American foreign policy was mainly a means of promoting the United States' commercial interest and economic power abroad. Through the "Dollar Diplomacy", policy loans were guaranteed to strategically important foreign countries such as Nicaragua and China.
Soviet controled Stalin had a great impact on space technology and arts. It is Soviet successful launch of the sputnik that spurred a space war, that ended with American manned landing on the moon.
The soviet union under Stalin in addition led to a number of break through discoveries in nuclear science,weapons and equipments.
In arts, contemporary movie industry was heavily influence by the Soviet-USA conflict.
