<span>Spain and Portugal are a peninsula, so trade and exploration wouldn't be difficult.</span>
It’s true By the end of the 19th century, the Western powers and Japan had forced China’s ruling Qing dynasty to accept wide foreign control over the country’s economic affairs. In the Opium Wars (1839-42, 1856-60), popular rebellions and the Sino-Japanese War (1894-95), China had fought to resist the foreigners, but it lacked a modernized military and suffered millions of casualties.
Maya and Inca but Aztec could be in there too
Explanation:
The Incas performed child sacrifices during or after important events, such as the death of the Sapa Inca (emperor) or during a famine
Generally only high status prisoners of war were sacrificed, with lower status captives being used for labour. Human sacrifice among the Maya is evident from at least the Classic period (c. AD 250–900) right through to the final stages of the Spanish conquest in the 17th century.
In addition to slicing out the hearts of victims and spilling their blood on temple altars, the Aztecs likely also practiced a form of ritual cannibalism. An Atztec human sacrifice atop the Mesoamerican temple pyramid.
The two factors, Temperature and Pressure, have the greatest influence on the state of each of Earth's layers.
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