The man who organized Roman law into an orderly body of rules was Emperor Justinian. This became known as Justinian's Code. This code served as the legal basis for several different elements of the Byzantine society including marriage, slavery, property, and women's rights. This code was world famous, as it lasted roughly 9 centuries and it became a foundation for several other empires/countries in developing their own legal codes.
The use of the steam engine in the mills allowed the mills to move into the cities and towns from their previous locations along waterways because they no longer needed the water for power (Tuttle, 2001). Tuttle also connects that the increased work that could be done in the mills required more labor and factory owners had previously relied on orphans to do the work but now they are able to open up the work to more children.
<span>Definition of Child Labor .</span><span>Throughout this report child labor will be focusing on labor outside the home; particularly that of child labor in cotton factories. Child labor did exist in other industries such as mining, and agriculture during the same time but the inclusion of these areas within this report would only increase the length and not the validity of this report. Many of the aspects discussed in this report were true in these other areas also. Children will be defined, as under the age of 16, despite this fact some of the report will involve workers over the age of 16.</span>
According to Perry Rogers, one reason the Chinese were unsuccessful in halting the opium <span>trade was because the country had come to depend on it for revenue. </span>
