<span> It survived the </span>fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire<span> in the 5th century AD and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the </span>Ottoman Turks in 1453. But why did it survive? <span>The eastern half of the Roman Empire was far less vulnerable to external attack, due to its geographic location. With Constantinople located on a strait, it was extremely difficult to breach the capital’s defenses; also, the eastern empire had a much shorter common frontier with Europe. It also benefited greatly from a stronger administrative center and internal political stability, as well as great wealth. The eastern emperors were able to exert more control over the empire’s economic resources and more effectively muster sufficient manpower to combat invasion. </span>
The fear that communism would spread, like the domina theory that Asian countries would fall to communism like dominos
The G. I. Bill
The Serviceman's Readjustment Act was signed in 1944 and provided returning serviceman money for college, unemployment insurance and housing.
Answer:
1. tells readers important information the characters do not know
dramatic irony
2. hints at what is to come in the action of a story
foreshadowing
3. depicts events that occurred before the events are currently
flashback
4. unfolding in the story
develops the sequence of events in a story
plot
Explanation:
Assuming you're referring to the period surrounding the Civil War--one example would be that Republicans wanted to make slavery illegal, which would have "controlled" the private lives of slaveholders in the South.
