Answer:
the Zimbabwe empire
Explanation:
it was part of a global trading network.
The Europeans "borrowed" the advancements of: gunpowder, paper, the block press, the compass, stirrups, and both the usage of the crossbow and the specific way of making them.
The Allies agreed that elections would be held in Soviet-occupied territories in Easter Europe because they wanted the occupied countries to become democratic. The USSR, on the other hand wants them to be communist, which ignites the Cold war.