William Cockerill was a British entrepreneur who created a textile machine manufacturing business in Verviers and Liège, Belgium (then part of the French First Republic).
He was instrumental in founding the industrial spinning industry in continental Europe.
The reasons that totalitarian states arose after WWI are many. The economy of many countries was shattered by the costly conflict (especially Germany, being forced to pay reparations), causing socialist and communist ideas to flourish. The scars on society left by the war allowed for embittered populations to be swayed by good orators that could play to the crowd's emotions; Hitler liked to appeal to a desire for revenge in the German people, for instance. Also, as mentioned before, new ideas spread during the war, many involving government, often causing factions to fight over a country, with one finally coming on top, usually led by a single, charismatic individual.
Greeks government were divided into many different governments such as monarchies, oilgarchies, tyrannies, and democraies.
Sultan Suleiman I did not conquer Constantinople. It was Sultan Mehmed II who lead the ottoman during the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire
Overpopulation. that is a great characterization for this.
