Japan was the other country
The war pitted the Central Powers—mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey—against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States.
If you look closely, there all surrounding water. Whether it's large bodies such as lakes or Oceans or small such as rivers
The first inventions that harness natural energy resource is Water mill. Back then, people use the power of water to move the lever in order to create mechanical movement.
The invention that help transfer water from river to town is aqueduct. Or more commonly knwon as water bridgte, useful to navigate the movement of water.
Lever is the invention that makes lifting weight easier, mostly used in contruction sites.
Economically:
As imperial states began controlling the economy of the colonized territory, interests for the welfare of the colonized peoples had little influence in defining their economic policies. ... Thus, imperialism had a highly negative effect on the economic growth of colonized nations.
Politically:
The long term effects of imperialism on the colonized people are political changes such as changing the government reflect upon European traditions, economic changes that made colonies create resources for factories, and cultural changes that made people convert their religion.
Socially:
According to other authors, the social impact of colonialism depended on the number settlers of European origin, colonially-induced labor migration and the level of colonial investment in the health and education sector. Related to that were different practices of ethnic and/or religious discrimination or privileges.
D. establish a centralized, absolutist state.
