One of the main reasons why this occurred was because demand for furs increased dramatically in Europe, due to their value that could be used to buy spices and other goods.
Monarchs were able to crush most rebellions, and people won few new rights
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Some Romans believed that an empire would better serve Rome’s needs than a Republic because "The emperor could make decisions quickly without our having to convince others."
When the Roman Republic was established in 509 BCE, the system was based on democracy and the creation of rules to serve the people. The Senate was an important institution for the Roman Republic and the Roman law influenced other legislations until the modern-day era. However, the desire for control, power, and greed, changed things in Rome and the Emperor dropped the democratic system and created absolutists and centralized system in which only the Emperor was the one who imposed his will over the entire Empire.
Horizontal integration is the acquisition of a business operating at the same level of the value chain in the same industry. Hope this helps
