Rome declined due to a series of invasions from outside nations and corrupt government officials.
Allied powers were the Allies, i.e. the countries opposed to the "Axis Powers" (Germany, Japan and Italy) in World War II. Three Allies were France, England and The United States. At World War I the same Major Allied Powers fought against the "Central Powers" (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey).
<span>The US Supreme Court building was based around a neo-classical interpretation of the famous Greek Parthenon. The court uses the pillar design from the original structure to create a strong, but elegant front.</span>
The French Revolution and the American Revolution were almost direct results of Enlightenment thinking. The idea that society is a social contract between the government and the governed stemmed from the Enlightenment as well
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During 1989 and 1990, the Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe. In late 1991 the Soviet Union itself dissolved into its component republics. With stunning speed, the Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end.
