The policies of Chairman Mao Zedong were like a mountain range—full of high points as well as dangerous low points.
There is no denying that Mao's policies shaped a nation and formed the foundation of modern-day China. However, the number of lives, dreams, and aspirations that were lost as he brought his will down upon the people can never be recovered. The Great Leap Forward, the Cult of Mao, the Cultural Revolution, the Hundred Flowers policies, as well as his standpoint on women's rights, are all important aspects of China under Mao. Modern China cannot be understood without studying this period of history.
The main way in which the development of the steam locomotive was so important to industrialization is that it allowed for steam to be used in factories that could use the steam power to run engines that could assemble products and create textiles with unprecedented speed.
B the Incas lived in South America
The ancient Hebrews established a civilization in Mesopotamia, in the area of present-day Israel, which stretched from Beersheba to the Negev of Israel, bordering Egypt. They also settled in the eastern side of the Jordan River, with 2 1/2 tribes living in the east (Reuben, Gad, and 1/2 a tribe of Manasseh). The other 9 1/2 settled in the western half, inside the promise land.
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Toussaint Louverture led a successful slave revolt and emancipated the slaves in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti). A formidable military leader, he turned the colony into a country governed by former black slaves as a nominal French protectorate and made himself ruler of the entire island of Hispaniola.
