Answer:
our history is important to our culture n stuff & so that we don't repeat history, like slavery, and the Holocaust.
Explanation: history is important >:(
Japan needed new territory because of over population.
Baghdad had the largest population
Well according to a website, it says that "<span>The </span>origin of Buddhism<span> points to one man, Siddhartha Gautama, the historical </span>Buddha, who was born in Lumbini (in present-day Nepal) during the 5th century BCE."
and the central beliefs of buddhism, you could check out this website, http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/society/buddhism-basic-beliefs-practices.html
Static societies can not benefit from cultural blending because they are not open to change. Such societies also are not open to new ideas.
It is beleived that the Arab pennisula was a sphere of scientific inventions. This got lost when the societies a new phase of closing to themselves. This has led to some scholars postulating that the arab pennisular stopped developing when they stopped learning from others.
