They played a big role in the rise
Britain influenced China by establishing a British government in Hong Kong, in its quest for opium and fine products from Asia. Great Britain and some European countries began the trade of opium paying with gold for this one, since the European products had a low demand in China; this was part of the trade imbalance with China. There was a huge demand in Europe for Chinese tea, silks and porcelain pottery, which led to two wars, called the Opium Wars, in which China lost and had to accept the terms of Europe, while its population began to become addicted to opium. The British way of life and the addiction to opium, plus intervention in the Chinese government, only ended with the arrival of the Communists.
Islam sees women as only a housewife. Most of the time, the women in Islam culture are forced to cover their entire body and work in the home.
In modern historiography, polis<span> is normally used to indicate the </span>ancient Greek city-states, like Classical Athens and its contemporaries, and thus is often translated as "city-state<span>".</span>
