The Babylonian economy was largely based on agricultural surplus (due to irrigation systems) and trade. They traded both crops and goods like gold, silver, etc.
China entered an artistic golden age under the Tang dynasty.
During that time, artists were influenced by Persian and Arab cultures.
During the Song dynasty, the invention of moveable type increased the speed at which documents could be printed.
Japanese art and culture of the 8th century were heavily influenced by the works of Tang artists.
On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure.
