They imported gold, silver, copper, ston, wood and salt. Among the ancient countries, Babylon was regarded as a flouring country. In Fact, the contributions of the Babylonians to the human civilisation were immense. The code of Hammurabi helped in building a healthy society.
Roman Empire
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire (also called Fall of the Roman Empire or Fall of Rome) was the process of decline in the Western Roman Empire in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided into several successor polities.
Invasions by Barbarian tribes
The most straightforward theory for Western Rome's collapse pins the fall on a string of military losses sustained against outside forces. Rome had tangled with Germanic tribes for centuries, but by the 300s “barbarian” groups like the Goths had encroached beyond the Empire's borders
1. The concept of credit to pay for goods
2. Increase consumer spending because people think they can afford more
3. Increase company production and wealth as well as improve the quality of life of consumers
4. Depending on too much credit makes large debts that the company loses money and the consumer can’t pay off, interest rates make them lose more
In 1859, Brown and 21 of his followers attacked and occupied the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry. Their goal was to capture supplies and use them to arm a slave rebellion. Brown was captured during the raid and later hanged, but not before becoming an anti-slavery icon. Abolitionist and insurrectionist.
