The money and goods involved in a marriage are called <u>dowry</u>. The basic purpose of a dowry has been to bring some protection for the wife against violence and abuse by her husband and his family. Also, the dowry may serve to help the new couple to establish a home. This was more common in societies where the marriage of very young people has been arranged. Also, a dowry provides the wife with the resources in case of her man's death.
In the Middle Ages, the dowry had the function to enhance the value of a woman for marriage and increase power and wealth of great families. Dowries virtually disappeared in Europe in the XIX and XX century.
The type of Government in which citizens have to say in what happens is known as Democracy.
The people have the chance to vote for their leader.
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D) The work of missionaries, like Saint Paul.
Explanation:
Christians were persecuted and murdered because of their faith before the coronation of Constantine as Roman Emperor. He made toleration of Christianity an official policy of the empire and after his death, the Christian faith became the official imperial religion. Before Constantine, the truths of Christ were spread by Jesus´Apostles first, then by missionaries, who managed to multiply the number of followers of the new religion.
World-systems theory<span> (also known as </span>world-systems analysis<span> or </span>the world-systems perspective), <span>is a multidisciplinary, macro-scale approach to </span>world history<span> and </span>social change<span> which emphasizes the </span>world-system<span> (and not </span>nation states<span>) as the primary (but not exclusive) unit of </span>social analysis<span>.</span>
That is because Woodraw Wilson,the US president thought that the 14 points can tackle causes that lead to war.
Here are a few examples:
The alliance system- Alliance system was one of the reason that caused the outburst of World War One(WWI),because the nations would drag one another into the war once attacked as signed to the alliance system.
There was a point that secret diplomacy is not allowed to tackle the problem.
Militarism- Armament race had intensified the nation's will to wage a war with their armies and weapons,fighting for national glory as well as defending themselves.
There are solutions in the 14 points as well,such as the reduction of armaments.
Imperialism- Theses nations were the most likely to wage war for national glory and act irrariinal thus have to be tackled.
Points such as Freedom of the seas in peace and war,removal of international trade barriers were aimed towards the issue.
However,as much as he believed that it could create peace,many weren't practical as they cannot be executed easily among countries,given the interests in conflict.
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