After the death of Timur in 1405, power began to shift from migrating peoples to sedentary populations living in large centralized empires. After about 1683, when the last Ottoman campaign against Vienna failed, the great empires for which this period is so famous began to shrink and weaken
Well the National military leaders were trying to take control of the imperial government.
#1 is brit milah
#2 is Yom Kippur
The united kingdom? I'm pretty sure this is the right answer, but I could be wrong.
The landscape, being mostly very flat, cause many Native American societies to be spread out over significant portions of land, while the climate made them have to adapt to a variety of temperatures. The resources forced them to rely heavily on corn and fish do the inability to plant other types of food.