The totalitarian governments usually manage to get to power when the nation is in a bad situation, especially economically, as we can see in numerous examples throughout the history.
They promise the people that they will make the nation strong, that they will move aside all the ones that are doing damage to it, improve the economy, make all people be equal etc. All of those things seem logical and good in the eyes of the people that are desperate for a change and have been living in bad conditions, thus they would elect them. Once they get the power though, the totalitarian governments show their real face, they make a strong core around them, control the military and police forces and use them on daily basis for controlling things, use intimidation and violence, and the end result is that the people get stuck with similar or even worse leaders than previously.
Globalization spread American influence and markets around us.
It meant that foreign workers had more of an idea and knowledge of our work, so we all got along a little better.
Well since you didn't put any words to describe him I would say that he was a Prussian born American military officer.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Despite having a basis in religious and ethnic intolerance, the way in that the Crusades increased cultural interaction between Europe and the Middle East was the following.
Beyond waging war during the Crusades, Europeans started to appeal for goods from Asia, India, and China. Muslim goods and art seemed to like European people and trade relationships started to be more common. The famous Silk Road served to connect European merchants with Asian merchants and the exchange of products and ideas through the Silk Road was an important part of trade history in those years.
Religion (and other civic associations) provide an outlet for public opinion that is often critical of the nation-state.
Outlawing religion doesn't work unless there are no other civic institutions such as unions, political parties, and local governments.
Religion is always the way to speak out against the nation-state even if the leaders are chosen by the state because the prayers of groups of men can be done without leaders.
