<span>In that time period civilizations were mostly settling near water indicating fertile soil. All of this should satisfy the needs for food and water in order to survive. Thus, because they were living near water floods represented a great threat, including possible drought.</span>
In politics and government, a spoils system (also known as a patronage system) is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends (cronyism), and relatives (nepotism) as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for them.
On November 9, 1799, as frustration with their leadership reached a fever pitch, Bonaparte staged a coup d'état, abolishing the Directory and appointing himself France's “first consul.” The event marked the end of the French Revolution and the beginning of the Napoleonic era
