Crime has been bad in most centuries.
Spain, they became the most powerful country in Europe in the 16th Century as they were first to discover the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific Ocean. They rapidly capitalized on this new discovery, and through there conquest of almost the whole of Central and South America, they conquered the two most wealthy and powerful empires in the Americas; the Aztec and the Inca.
England
Most likely negative, because during this time was the European exploration of the Americas, and as you can tell many Native Americans perished from the Europeans.
The Renaissance did not fall as such; but the most powerful and richest influence in Italy was the Vatican. Then (as now) the Catholic Church obstructed the progress of science; the most famous example being the Church's persecution of the great genius Galileo.
most successful Muslim raids in the ninth century occurred where
In the 16th century most nations were governed by a monarchy. The King or Queen as well as the advisors of the court were responsible for creating the laws.
Marco polo
Crime has been bad in most centuries.
Italy
Most of the 15th and part of the 16th century.
caravel
Elizabeth Margaret Jane
Real Madrid
Lutheranism.
nah, most people reckon 13th :D
Just like this century, a few lived in great wealth, most in great squalor and poverty.