This was a time of ongoing religious wars known as "Holy Wars". The capital of the Byzantine Empire, known as Constantinople, had fallen at the hands of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, who practiced the Muslim faith.
As a response, the western Christians gathered in arms and started a series of military campaigns known as <em>"The Crusades"</em> with the objective of retaking territories that were currently under Turkish (Muslim) control in the name of God. Spain had been one of these conquested territories, so at the time, people living in the Iberian Peninsula could be either Christian or Muslim.
Producers want to charge prices that at least will return all their costs: the cost of production, compensation for the time they and their employees spend on the production, and the cost of material, but in an ideal case they want to charge more so that they can earn profits.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
The perspective, or paradigm, that I think is the most interesting way to view and observe social interactions is the following.
I consider that the most interesting perspective is the functionalist perspective. This perspective sees every aspect of society as an independent component that when joined together with the other components, makes society function as a whole. All the elements of society play an important role or exert a key function that can be related to other functions.
Some sociologists have established the concept of the social contract to show that these social components should be in balance in order for society to work well.
Members of society share norms, customs, perceptions, and ideas and intermingle respecting and being tolerant with all of these ideas.
The Three Long term results that occurred due to the Treaty of Versailles would be following:
A) It imposed reparations on Germany and reduced both its land and population.
B) It placed limits on the German military meant to reduce the possibility of further German aggression.
C) It left Germany with sufficient political unity and economic vitality to enable its conquests during the Second World War.
