Employee safety, compensation, and legal representation.
The Munich Pact was an example of awful foreign policy, which allowed Hitler to annex Czechoslovakia.
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The industrial revolution
Even further back...
The agricultural revolution
Trade?
Communication?
Travel?
Exploration?
Hernan Cortes was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Aztec Empire and imperialized large parts of Mexico. Cortes conquered modern day Mexico on behalf of the Spanish kingdom of King of Castille in the 16th century. Cortes was a part of the early colonizers from the Spain who conquered and colonized large swaths of the Americas. The Spanish conquered enormous swaths of Latin and South America and the effects of this colonization can still be seen in the language, culture, and lifestyle of this region.
President Ronald Reagan was president at the end of the Cold War.