<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 Stamp Act: mandated that colonists affix stamps to certain legal and commercial documents
Island hopping is the U.S. strategy against Japan in ww2. By taking important Pacific islands and building military bases on those islands, the U.S. slowly advanced towards mainland Japan and prepared for invasion.
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1) Abraham Lincoln faced the collapse of the union and the abolition of slavery as president
2) Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was a Mexican war hero, U.S. senator of war and president of the confederate states of war and president of the Confederate states of America for the duration of the American Cilvil War
3) Davis faced difficulties throughout the war as he struggled to manage the southern war effort maintain control the confederate economy and keep new nations united.
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