The first written language is cuneiform. Cuneiform marked the beginning of writing
Two most important factors were the development of industry and industrialization, and the slave trade. People started accumulating large amounts of wealth due to these two and started investing them in businesses, both personal and by other people. This led to the development of capitalism not only in Europe, but other places too.
A main goal of the monarchs of Europe during the Age of Absolutism was to "<span>B) centralize political power," since they were "absolute" in their rule--meaning that they did not want any interruption of their power. </span>
