The coming of Islam to saharan Africa facilitated the rise of political empires encouraged trade and wealth increased the traffic in slavery in its pure form Islam was more attractive to kings because of its concept of the caliph combined political power with religious authority
They used the Federal Republic. :)
Spain, like most other countries, wen they could not overcome social and economic problems during the Great Depression, enacted harsh austerity measures, which actually made things worse and led to the rise of dictators.