Why did the Greeks win the battle of Salamis?
Reasons for Victory:
Narrow waterways favoured Greek ships.
Persians taken by surprise
Persian fleet severely weakened by removal of Egyptian squadron
Triremes more agile than Persian ships
Themistocles understood the importance of naval power, advantage of the Bay of Salamis
In the study of history the available documents for studying a certain period is unchanging over time.
Option: B
Explanation:
History is the study of events and phenomena over space and time. Space means where the particular incident is taking place. Time means the period of occurrence of particular event. A certain period suppose the period of sultanate or mughal empire requires some documents, records to be studied in detail.
And these available documents, records can never be changed over time. History is study of things over changing space and time. Archaeological evidences also keep some valid documents for studying historical events.
John Adams was the president who sacrificed his popularity.
The challenges to merchants in medieval periods were the bad state of the roads, the little security they offered to travellers, the extortions of all kinds to which foreign Medieval merchants were subjected, and the system of fines and tolls which each landowner thought right to exact, before letting merchandise pass through his domains, all created obstacles to the development of the Middle Ages trade and commerce and as a danger to the Mediaeval Merchant. Due to these dangers and obstacles , The Medieval Merchants Guilds was formed .
A Merchant Guild was an association of of traders. The Merchant Guild was able to negotiate with the lord and the trade levy became regulated. And because of this negotiation ,the merchants were able to demand as higher price as they wanted.The Merchant Guilds controlled the way in which trade was conducted in the towns and applied rules to the way in which trade was conducted. The members of the Merchant Guilds became very important members of the Medieval town community. The introduction of the Merchant guilds lead to its own hierarchy and involvement in civic duties. The power of the Merchant Guild members increased and they tended to be wealthier and of higher social status than the members of the craft guilds.
WW2 questions, my favorite!
Answer: Hitler ordered his generals to hold back for three days, a big mistake!
Explanation: When Hitler told his generals and armies to stay back for three days, that gave the Allies time to plan an evacuation!
We would be living in a different word if it wasn't for Hitlers mess up!
