Spanish conquering Mexico
Effect: Death of 2 continents. Deconstruction of thriving civilisations. 2 brand new continents for Europeans to put to use.
Cause: The Spaniards wondering if the Earth is actually round. During the journey the stumble upon the New World. Another cause is the greed and disrespect of the Spanish colonizers. The American natives were seen as primitive and savage, which the Spanish saw as a reason/excuse for killing their cities, people and culture.
Answer:
d. The Roman capital moves to Byzantium.
Explanation:
In the year 330 C.E., empreror Constantine moved the Empire capital from Rome to Byzantium, located in the strait of bosphorus, between Anatolia and Greece.
The emperor also changed the name of the city, after him: Constantinople. From this moment on, Constantinople would continue to be a larger and more important city than Rome, which would continue to decline.
Answer:
Explanation:
If there had never been a Protestant Reformation, then there is a chance that most Christians in the world would be Catholic, and a chance that the Church would have collapsed. If, in this alternate history, the Catholic church did end up reforming and changing all the problems that Martin Luther was complaining about, then the Catholic church would probably be a LOT bigger than it is now.
Bourgeoisie? Not sure, though. But Marx used to call them that so...