The United States will now be able to Export Natural Gas to nations that have a demand for Natural Gas, resulting in economic gain. This is opposed to France, who without Natural Gas supplies will now have to rely on importing from the U.S and other Natural Gas exporters.
In short, the U.S can make money off their natural resource, whereas France cannot and instead would have to spend by importing Natural Gas.
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.
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If you are going to compare your generation from that of the old ones, which do you think is better?