The Mayans met their demise when the Spanish conquered the Mayan with the combination of superior technology and the introduction of foreign diseases. Foreign diseases such as smallpox weakened populations and were thus easier to subdue.
I believe the correct answer is D.
Answer:
Vasco Da Gama
Explanation:
In 1497 -1998 the Portuguese sailor Vasco Da Gama sailed around Africa and on to the west coast of India. This had tremendous effects, especially in the existing trade routes between Asia and Europe that used Asian land routes and the Mediterranean sea. Venice lost its trade monopoly (the silk road) and the European expansion overseas quickly gained momentum. Within a century the Dutch, the British and the Portuguese established their trade-centers in India (Goa), South East Asia (Malacca) and China (Macao).
The most main reason was the christian wanted to take over the Jerusalem from the Muslims and they also believed that if they fight their sins would be wiped out. <span />
Pericles had<span> such a profound influence on Athenian </span>society that Thucydides<span>, a contemporary historian, </span>acclaimed<span> him as "the first citizen of Athens". </span><span>Pericles turned the </span>Delian League<span> into an Athenian Empire and led his countrymen during the first two years of the Peloponnesian War. The period during which he led Athens, roughly from 461 to 429 BC, is sometimes known as the "</span>Age of Pericles<span>", though the period thus denoted can include times as early as the </span>Persian Wars<span>, or as late as the next century. Pericles promoted the arts and literature; it is principally through his efforts that Athens holds the reputation of being the educational and cultural center of the </span>ancient Greek<span> world. He started an ambitious project that generated most of the surviving structures on the </span>Acropolis<span> (including the </span>Parthenon). This project beautified and protected the city, exhibited its glory, and gave work to the people.<span>Pericles also fostered </span>Athenian democracy<span> to such an extent that critics call him a </span>populist.
