The term "Roaring '20s" refers to the decade of the 1920s in the United States, which was a time of much economic growth, as well as much social and cultural change.
In the 1920s, cities grew rapidly and industry was growing immensely in the United States. Jazz and other forms of entertainiment (like radio) were expanding and reaching new audiences. Women were becoming more involved in public life. The stock market was a place of much speculation and investment -- too much, as it turned out. The stock market crashed in 1929. America had thought it was in great times during the Roaring '20s. But then everything came crashing down and minds and hearts were depressed, as the country entered into the next decade and an economic tragedy known as the Great Depression.
<span>The United States have had a trade deficit over the past two decades because the nation had a persistent trade deficit. Since the 1970s, The United States had entered into a trade deficit, from trade surplus. This started because Japan and Europe started trading and competing with US, in a range of industries.</span>
Culturally, the medieval era was dominated by the church which emphasized human beings' lowliness in contrast to the greatness and holiness of God. The church remained strong in the Renaissance, but humanists of the Renaissance emphasized the God-given capabilities of human beings, created to do great things. And so, many great things were done by energetic and imaginative human beings of the Renaissance -- in art, architecture, literature, science, etc.
Socially, politically, and economically, medieval life focused on feudalism and agricultural life. The people lived on lands owned by the great landowners (the nobility), and the political power centered in the hands of those nobles. Economic value was tied to land ownership and agricultural production. In the Renaissance, cities rose to prominence. Banking and trade and budding industries became new ways of generating wealth, social status, and political power.
Most Mayan art was religious in nature. Maya's didn't really care much
for politics, military, or economy as much as they cared for religion.
They were a polytheistic nation, meaning that they believed in many gods
to help them with their everyday life. So, everything they created
artistically had something to do with religion, because it was such an
important part of their life.
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Nationalism had many effects in Europe. I'll give you three examples. First, it gave Europeans a feeling up superiority. It caused Germany Italy, and Russia to unify. Finally it led to an alliance system in Europe. <span />
