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Nations like England believed that by paying tribute they not only bought protection for themselves but also redirected the pirates to wreak havoc on the merchant ships of competing nations. The American colonies traded extensively in the Mediterranean before the Revolutionary War.
The answer is yes. The Greco-Roman legal tradition continue to have a strong positive influence on modern law and society. They greatly influenced the modern world with the creation of laws, development of democratic government practices, influences in languages, literature, arts, infrastructure, and city planning.
Ancient Egypt had pharaohs as their leaders. Similar to kings, pharaohs were picked by whoever was next in the bloodline. Pharaohs were on top of the social structure, followed by nobles and priests, soldiers, scribes, merchants, artisans, farmers and finally slaves. The pharaoh ranked above everyone else and his word was absolute. The pahraoh was the person who looked over everything. Whatever he said, people had to do.
False, Simon Bolivar did not declare Brazil's independence in 1822. However, this is not to say he was not pivotal in the independence of the country, but it is more accurate to state that Brazi's independence happened during the years of 1822-1825 where the Independence Wars took place and Brazil was passed on from the hands of the Portuguese and the British until it became it's own sovereign country.