The "doctrine of free will" blended easily with political ideas about democracy and independence because it taught people that their actions would have consequences.
They were attempting to combat monopolies in order to end the continuing shortage of food in Paris. This is because there was an idea that profiteers were manipulating the marketplace by charging abnormally high prices of grain. Therefore the committee of public safety passed the decree against profiteers.
The Maurya Empire<span> was a </span>geographically extensive Iron Age historical power<span> founded by </span>Chandragupta Maurya<span> which dominated </span>ancient India<span> between 322 BCE and 187 BCE. Extending into the kingdom of </span>Magadha<span> in the </span>Indo-Gangetic Plain<span> in the eastern side of the </span>Indian subcontinent<span>, the empire had its capital city at </span>Pataliputra<span> (modern </span>Patna).[2][3]<span> The empire was the </span>largest to have ever existed in the Indian subcontinent<span>, spanning over 5 million square kilometres (1.9 million square miles) at its zenith under </span>Ashoka<span>.</span>
<span> between reconstruction and the dawn of the new century, the gilded age saw rapid industrialization, urbanization, the construction of great transcontinental railroads, innovations in science and technology and the rise of big business.</span>