The Atlantic slave trade had a negative impact on the African societies and long term impoverishment of the west Africans. For some it intensified effects already present among its rulers and kingdoms
A few major inventions that were invented after World War II were the following:
- Computers. These were invented in 1971 by Ed Roberts.
- Medical penicillin. This was invented in 1941 by a group of medical professionals.
- Jet engines. In the closing months of the war, jet engines came to the force. The first technology was developed in 1939 to 1945, and is now used all over the globe.
One result of the Chinese not modernizing was they lost the "Sino - Japanese"
The Fertile Crescent includes Mesopotamia, the land in and around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; and the Levant, the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The modern-day countries with significant territory within the Fertile Crescent are Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, as well as the southeastern fringe of Turkey and the western fringes of Iran
