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Texas in the Civil War (PDF): Texas was a prominent state in the Civil War for several reasons. Texas was a part of the Confederacy. Fighting on the Fringe: The Civil War in Texas: Because Texas was deeply connected with the South, most Texans agreed that slavery was an important part of their economic stability.
the South's economy had been destroyed.
They became entrenched which made it very difficult to move around, and they were very evenly matched.
I believe it was the division of Byzantium and the Latin West. Byzantium was the emperor of Constantinople the area around Greece and Turkey and North into Russia. Latin West was under the control of different people until dominance of the Franks in the region. Another powerful and well noted authority was the Pope. Basically...there was a the decline of Rome and different views on the Christian doctrine. (Q_Q ) That's the best way I can word it.
Reductionism-the practice of analyzing and describing a complex phenomenon in terms of phenomena that are held to represent a simpler or more fundamental level, especially when this is said to provide a sufficient explanation.