The colonial policies and practices that played a part in peaceful or violent transitions to self-rule were very complex. One major one which had a very important role here was Apartheid. This was an important policy which had at its core racial segregation between black and white people.
-It would take weeks for information from one place to reach another, or to travel from one place to another
- They most likely had issues with religion,rebellions, and government issues.
- Keeping the kingdom intact was hard because of invasion Longer borders cost more to defend against outsiders. Egypt struggled to protect their expansive borders against invaders.
- They had to have a big army that cost a lot of grain to stay fed
-The erosion of the authority of the Pharaoh and the accompanying growing power of the nobility and priesthood. This led to the decentralization of power in Egypt and constant power struggles and civil war.
I remember learning that this is because of the unintelligent. It is because they want this to be directed to people who need to know what they are doing.
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America exported raw goods, that's why they needed slaves. The British exported manufactured goods to the Americas, often produced from said raw goods.
How did the Maya operate politically without a centralized government? The Maya had city-states that were not unified. They were tied to each other through a system of economic exchange through trading rather than direct rule through a centralized government.
