The Byzantine Empire fell in 1453. The immediate cause of its fall was pressure by the Ottoman Turks. The Ottomans had been fighting the Byzantines for over 100 years by this time. In 1454, Constantinople finally fell to them and their conquest of the Byzantine Empire was complete<span>.</span>
The Franco-Prussian War (1870) was a conflict between the Second French Empire and Third French Republic, and the states of North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. It resulted in a German victory and it was a key part of the wars of Unification of Germany made specifically to building an integrated nation state from the former Empire. This ultimately set the precedents for Nazi Germany and World War II.
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The factors that encouraged commercial growth in the post classical era include the following: new state practices, new trading organisations and new state sponsored commercial infrastructures. The post classical era refers to the period which immediately followed the ancient history and precede modern history.
<span> It abolished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces and eventually led to the end of segregation in the services.</span>
