<span>Doctrinally, the split between the division of Christianity had to do with the nature of the deity. As a matter of historical causation, however, it is difficult to overlook the fact that the split in Christianity mirrored the concomitant division of the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western halves. As the halves of the empire grew further apart militarily and economically, so too did they grow further apart culturally and religiously.</span>
<span> He modernized the country, importing western technology and ideas. He also turned it into European power, by defeating Sweden( a local superpower of that day) in the Great Northern War. Finally, he established royal authority over the church.
Other, minor reforms, included having the nobility shave their beards.Finally, and perhaps most famously,he built the city of Saint Petersburg, later Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg again.
On the negative side, he was a paranoid tyrant who solidified Czarist absolutism, but as Lenin later said, to make an omelette, one has to break a few eggs. </span>
People usually belong to political parties. However, even within the parties themselves, there are smaller groups, called "factions". These "factions" are part of the larger group (parties) and they are committed to a common political purpose.
These people who are part of a political faction within a political party, band together to achieve a common goal or interest. They want to advance a certain agenda, such as certain policies that are important to the group within the political party.
Thomas Edison credited with inventing a lightbulb and improving a phonograph