The US and the Soviet Union
The church played a very important role because it was "all around" in medieval times. On the level of almost every village there was a church and a priest which helped spread the word of the christian god. Through this, almost every person down to a villager somewhere in a village in Europe was able to come to church where people gathered on Sundays and hear new information and educate himself on various things related to faith and religion.
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Access to birth control, education, and better career prospects encouraged women to postpone childbearing.
c. The establishment of global empires
