Technology has improved city life in more ways that can be summed up easily. The developments of running water, electricity, sewage systems, public transportation, and many others helped to make city life safer and healthier. In addition technological developments in building construction allowed for taller buildings to be built creating more space for businesses to develop and places for humans to live in cities. In recent decades environmental regulations and cleaner energy use has created healthier and more sustainable living conditions
Capitalism replacing mercantilism as dominant POLITICAL philosophy was not a characteristic of the Industrial Revolution.
The Industrial Revolution brought a lot of improvements to society. During this era, a lot of goods were produced in mass amounts because of the advancement in machinery. The Industrial Revolution also caused massive urbanization as building structures became a lot faster due to this revolution.
The two greatest <span>foreign policy challenges at the beginning of Obama's first term as president were 1) the War in Iraq and 2) the war in Afghanistan, since he had "inherited" both of these conflicts from George W. Bush. </span>
Many ancient temples, including the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations build the temples primarily for religious purposes. They prayed in these temples, would do sacrifices, and would bury their kings within the temples. As people started to convert to Christianity, many of these temples became abandoned.
