I believe there are lots of reasons why the Roman Empire declined but the 3 most important ones are, Government corruption and political instability, Invasions by Barbarian tribes, and The rise of the Eastern Empire, but the one I think is the most important is the first one reason.
What IS the Cold war?
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I won't answer it for you since you should know.
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What are the effects and what did America and Russia do?
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Build nuclear missiles, submarines, etc.
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But summarizing it all up, the Cold War caused the world's two superpowers to: compete economically and militarily.
According to the bible, it took 6 days for GOD to create the earth, and on the seventh day, he rested.
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To issue currency i think because they weren't allowed to force people to pay taxes