He was known for his code of laws called Code of Hamurabbi.
English ships sailed into New Amsterdam and occupied the land, demanding the area from the Netherlands. Soon after the Second Anglo-Dutch war followed. At the treaty of Breda, it was decided that England would get to keep New Amsterdam which was renamed into New York while the Dutch would get sugar plantations in Suriname.
A greater demand for slaves, because they could work to grow the cash crops like cotton.
Well, i think the answer would be : Standardized weight and measures
Standardized weight and measures first developed by the muslim merchants in Cairo. Before this standard, Length was measured by the length of one's body.
For example to measure silk, the usually used the term such as 1 arm length.
The thing is, many traders started to hire shorter people to measure this to gain profit , making exchange often became problematic
hope this helps
10,000 people were killed because of him
