In the
Western Roman Empire, the fall of the west left a power vacuum that set the
stage for the rise of fragmented regional kingdoms.
In India,
the tradition of weak centralized power coupled with the Hindu caste system
contributed to the social stability after the fall of the Gupta empire.
The first transcontinental rail passengers arrived at the Pacific Railroad's original western terminus at the Alameda Mole on September 6, 1869 where they transferred to the steamer Alameda for transport across the Bay to San Francisco. The road's rail terminus was moved two months later to the Oakland Long Wharf about a mile to the north.
Thomas Gibbons was allowed to operate his steamboats in New York. It was a case when a historic point choice in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the ability to manage interstate trade, allowed to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, enveloped the ability to direct route.
