根据第一段It is commonly believed high levels of lead contained in the tap water in ancient Rome caused mental disabilities and unstable behavior among members of Roman high society and the empire finally collapsed.可知,在古罗马上流社会中发现了异常行为。故选B。 根据第二段Still, any amount of...
【题目】AWhy did the ancient Roman Empire decline and fall? It is commonly believed highlevels of lead contained in the tap water in ancient Rome caused mental disabilities andunstable behavior among members of Roman high society and the empire finally collapsed.But t turns out thatthe theory ...
s fall somet hing significant and relevant t o it s own sit uat ion. I n his book, Decline and Fall of t he Roman Empire: Why Did it Collapse, Donald Kagan summarizes writ ings from t en milit ary hist orians who wrot e about t he Roam Empire’s decline and fall. The book is...
As the gulf widened, the largely Greek-speaking Eastern Empire grew in wealth while the Latin-speaking West descended into an economic crisis. Most importantly, the strength of the Eastern Empire served to divert Barbarian invasions to the West. Emperors like Constantine ensured that the city of ...
since 750 A.D., a profusion of enlightening works by ancient thinkers like Aristotle and Plato were translated from Greek to Arabic, thereby preserving the old wisdom from perishing with the fall of the Roman Empire, and enabling the European cultures in later times to revive in the ...
What language did Huns speak? The Hunnic language, or Hunnish, was the language spoken by Huns in the Hunnic Empire, a heterogeneous, multi-ethnic tribal confederation which ruled much of Eastern Europe and invaded the West during the 4th and 5th centuries. A variety of languages were spoken...
the industrial revolutionsocio-cultural evolutioncultural lagcivil societyThis paper throws light on the question: why did the industrial revolution happen in the West and not in China? The key to an understanding of the development of China's civilization lies in the way China historically has ...
Political and environmental problems often led to the decline of one area, while another area grew possibly because they were not suffering as badly from these problems. Modern Maya RELATED MYSTERIES —What was the largest empire in the world? —Why did Rome fall? —How do we decipher ...
Although many historians regard the fall of Rome as a tragedy, Stark explains that the empire's fall was actually a beneficial rather than a negative event. The Roman era did not result in progress but was merely a pause in the rise of the West. Even the much-lauded Roman roads were ...
why it was that regions of the world that were the richest in the year 1500 were among the world’s poorest today, or how rich elites were ever persuaded to redistribute their wealth. In Why Nations Fail, Acemoglu and Robinson restate and enlarge upon earlier articles like “The Colonial Or...