Mercantilism term applied to the policies and measures which the European states adopted between the 15th to 18th centuries to acquire wealth and power. In mercantilism, export is more than imports. Under this system, many of the European took colonies as moneymakers. European colonies required to provide raw materials to the mother country.
These incursions prompted the emperor of Byzantium, Alexius I Comnenus to send a delegation to Piacenza, Italy, asking Pope Urban II in March 1095 for help against the Turks. On November 27, 1095, in Clermont, France, Pope Urban II called for a crusade to help the Byzantines and to free the city of Jerusalem.
The Assyrian Empire’s legal code can best be described as similar to those of the Babylonian's and Sumerians. Although, the punishments and consequences in the Assyrian Empire were much greater.
