<span>1. McCarthyism refers to Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who in the mid-50's led an effort to remove communists from the government, and led eventually to a hunt for communists in other private industries, most notably the entertainment industry, forcing individuals to testify in congress at the House UnAmerican Activities Committee.</span>
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It took that much time because people were focused first on overcoming the terrible black death plague and had not much time to learn and reason. It was a time for survival.
The other reason is that people had lived so many years believing the religious explanations that characterized the Middle Ages. People had so ingrained those religious systems from the church and it was not easy for them to have the open mind and criteria to accept different or new knowledge. If we add the fact that if people questioned the religious beliefs they were killed by the inquisition, we can understand how difficult was for people to be open to new knowledge.
So it is true that until Copernicus spent years gathering data on the idea that the solar system operated in a spherical manner, and we lived in a heliocentric world, even though the Eastern Hemisphere knew that for 2000 years: So it took the Black Plague and the Renaissance to move things forward.
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It brought new ideas such as Buddhism into China. E. It increased the prosperity of Han merchants. Explanation: ... The Silk Road impulsed commerce, and allowed trade between different empires and since Chinese goods became very popular throughout the world, it increased prosperity of Han merchants.
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Kingship (rule by a single, male monarch) was the nearly exclusive form of government in the ancient Near East.