The Byzantines underpinned their unstable empire by: military power, political marriage, bribery and diplomacy. The Byzantine Empire during the Golden Age arrived in Europe, Asia and Africa under the command of Justinian. The empire ceased to exist in the fifteenth century under the siege of Turkish troops.
IT CREATED A CRISIS WHERE MANY PEOPLE HAD NO WAY TO MAKE A LIVING- THUS CREATING A NEED TO TRY A NEW LIFE IN THE SO-CALLED "NEW" WORLD AND IT INDIRECTLY STIMULATED THE GROWTH OF THE DFIRST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
If the American Revolution hadn't of happened, we could still be under British Rule in America. The whole landscape of our lives would be changed. I don't see that the colonists could of done anything different because Britain didn't care about the colonists demands. The world would of looked different because many things would of never happened or things could of been worse since the U.S was not there to help. For example, WW1 and WW2 would of been entirely different without the help of America.
