The ruler of Japan invaded to secure his legacy and make sure he was remembered I believe.
The answer is that they were the expression of the consumerist culture of the period.
In the 1920s Ford dominated the automobile industry with its consumerist policies and thinking. Movies were also seen as products at the time by the studios that held the power in the movie business. That is why both of them were the reflections of the consumerist culture of the 1920s.
John Marshall established the role of the Supreme Court in judicial review
The articles of confederation were not affective (shays rebellion)
The Pope I guess.... because he was given importance all over the world while the king was known only in an area or a country
