I believe the answer is: The laws and traditions lived on, flourishing through the Byzantines who lived in the East.
The Byzantinne was the once a part of The territory of the Roman empire on its eastern front. During the peak of it's glory, the Byzantinne empire adopt the majority of laws and tradition of the roman empire, which make many historians see them as a fragments of the roman empire.
The main way in which inventions such as the telescope and microscope changed the way people saw world is that the former invention allowed them to see into space, which gave a much better representation of Earth's place in the Universe--while the latter invention allowed people to see microorganisms and things like cells, which allowed them to better understand life on earth.
Transportation: easier to travel especially is different weather conditions and distances
Medicine and biology: in biology you learn about living things and bacteria which helps with making vaccines
to keep our society safe and in order
The power to determine which cases will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court The power to review and determine if laws or acts of governments are unconstitutional. I hope I could help. xD