The Phoenicians used sand to make glass
The Confederacy lost the American Civil War not because it fought badly but because the enemy had more men and guns
Not sure about the Latin American part but the Middle East. It was Hillary Clinton who started the Taliban in Afghanistan. Its main aim was to remove the threat or Russia from Afghanistan but later it got out of hand and now we have The Terrorists. They were brainwashed into believing they were doing "Jihad" the Islamic term for Upholding Righteousness.
The result was that people had to give up slaves when it for compromise so a lot of people had to now tend to farms and land because they had to let their slaves go.
Causes: Renaissance encouraged curiosity, investigation, discovery, modern day knowledge. Caused people to question old beliefs. During the era of the Scientific Revolution, people began using experiments and mathematics to understand mysteries.
Effects: New discoveries were made, old beliefs began to be proven wrong.
