1.An astrolabe was an instrument which helped sailors to find their location by looking at the stars and sun
2. Crusaders were people who went on the Crusades
3. The feudal system was the social, economic, and political system of Europe in the Middle Ages
4. A manor was a large estate or farm, part of which was set aside for the lord and the rest divided among his peasants
5. The Middle Ages was the period in European history between ancient and modern times, from about A.D. 500 to about 1500
6. A Muslim is a believer in the religion of Islam; a follower of Mohammed
7. A serf was a peasant in the feudal system midway between a freeman and a slave
The differences in how the war affected each nation, with the US having less destruction and casualties compared to the Soviet Union is your best answer.
Another reason is the fact that they used two seperate types of government, and each tries to impose it's own kind on other countries in an effort to be able to be the "leader of the world".
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Golly this one sure is hard. It eliminated the need for mail to be carried via roads or rail lines, and things (and people) could be carried directly to the destination's nearest airport instead of all the way down the winding roads to it.
In 1873, San Francisco introduced the cable car system. This mode of transportation was invented by Andrew Smith Hallidie. He was inspired to build this system as a result of a bad accident. A street carriage slid backwards, killing the horses pulling it. He was shocked and decided to do something about it by designing a different form of transportation that would prevent something like that from happening again.
