Marting Luther King DID NOT help the protestants and catholics split, the person you are thinking about it Martin Luther, he wrote the 95 Theses explaining what he disliked about the catholic church, which caused others to question some parts of the church and eventually establish the protestant churches.
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An informal deal was struck to resolve the dispute: the Compromise of 1877, which awarded all 20 electoral votes to Hayes; in return for the Democrats' acquiescence to Hayes' election, the Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction
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This was because of their geographical positions.
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Their geographical position favored a focus on military capability. Both Rome and China were militaristic states. Both were able to develop thanks to being shielded by their geographical position from the great powers in the east. Eventually they were able to gain powers over a large sector.