The eastern neighbors had been converted to Christianity with the reign of the Byzantine Empire. Cyrillic alphabets were introduced and developed in the regions. Scientific knowledge were also transferred to the eastern neighbors during the Middle Ages.
Comparative advantage.
The production of a good or performance of a skill for which a person is best suited is what is termed comparative advantage. Or, on a national level, the production of goods for which a nation's resources are best suited is comparative advantage.
Absolute advantage refers to one person (or one nation) having a consistent advantage over another in making a particular product efficiently and best.
"Spanish wanted to build their empire, create additional trading ports and routes, expand their military control and convert the native peoples to their religious beliefs. <span>Spanish followed the mercantilism economic method in its American colonies."</span>
