Answer:
From an economic standpoint it was widespread inflation and food shortages in Russia that contributed to the revolution. The immediate cause of the February revolution was Russia's disastrous involvement in WW1 Russia stood no chance against industrialized Germany. Bloody Sunday in 1905 and the Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War both assisted into leading to the 1917 revolution
Product of the Cold War it seems,
On 1949, US government received an official confirmation that the Soviet Union had developed a Nuclear bomb.
To maintain the upper hand, President Truman approved the development of the hydrogen Bomb, an equivalent to 500 Atomic Bombs.
Answer:
Another effect of the spread of Islam was an increase in trade. Unlike early Christianity, Muslims were not reluctant to engage in trade and profit; Muhammad himself was a merchant. As new areas were drawn into the orbit of Islamic civilization, the new religion provided merchants with a safe context for trade.
It effectively overturned a Florida law demanding a recount which ended up Bush winning.
