They signaled that they were in charge there. An insurrection is when someone fights authority or government and this is what the Filipinos did, but since it was their government and their country and the United States called it an insurrection, the US believed that it was their territory since after the Filipinos won their independence from the Spaniards.
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The introduction of silk into the Mediterranean caused the Abbasid Empire to be succesful in trade.
As the Silk Road passed through the center of the Abbasid territory, the merchants had to pay taxes to the Empire to be able to pass their products. This made that, due to the massification of silk in Europe, many more merchants used the route and, therefore, the Abbasid Empire was enriched. Thanks to this and the great cultural exchange through this route, there was a cultural renaissance and translations into Arabic of Greek, Persian and Syriac texts were made, and based on this knowledge, great scientific advances were made too. Industry and commerce also boomed.
We call an 18th century thinker who believed in wisdom, <em><u>Philosophies</u></em>.
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