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There is an important difference between the colonial activities in the Americas in that period of time and the European settlements elsewhere in the world. It was only Spain and Portugal that set up colonies in the Americas then, and their motivation was mostly 'gold'. In order to get to the gold, they had to effectively control those lands, because the local population would not of course willingly start up mines and do backbreaking work there just to help the Spaniards get rich.

In the East it was different: growing and trading spices was a long-established tradition there, and the Europeans just set up trading posts and made deals with local rulers with the aim to corner those local markets.

Colonization in the sense of taking control of countries in Asia and Africa was a thing of a much later age. That 'colonial period' in those cases almost never lasted longer than the period between 1880 and 1960.

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How much is 5 yuan from 1940?

The value of 5 yuan from 1940 can vary significantly based on factors such as condition, rarity, and current market demand among collectors. Generally, the historical currency may have a nominal value much lower than its original face value due to inflation and changes in currency systems. To get a precise valuation, it's best to consult a currency collector or appraiser who specializes in historical currencies.


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Whose action reduced the importance of the city of Rome with the Roman Empire?

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What did Charlemagne contribute to the Holy Roman Empire?

AnswerAlmost nothing, or perhaps just the idea. His (Frankish) Empire fell apart soon after his death but maintained some kind of shadowy existence. The zest for dating the foundation of the Holy Roman Empire from 800AD is Anglo-American fantasy or nostalgia. German and Italian historians date the foundation from the coronation of Otto I in 962. The term 'Holy Empire' dates from 1030 at the earliest, and the first reference to 'Holy Roman Empire' dates from 1254! (The basic structures had been in place since 1050, though).The HRE is surrounded by much mythology.Morefrom a different point of view i think Charlemagne was a great leader. he led his armies and conquered big parts of italy, germany, and centural europe. MoreCharlemagne inherited the Kingdom of the Franks, and he conquered a number of different groups of people, including the Saxons, Lombards, Swiss, Bavarians, Frisians, and other Germanic kingdoms, and added their territory to his kingdom, thereby creating the country of which he was crowned emperor, the Carolingian Empire. According to the will of Louis the Pious, the Carolingian Empire was broken into three kingdoms with one of the kings being a nominal emperor. The emperor was king of the middle kingdom, which fell to the other two, and the title of emperor fell out of use for a few decades.The kingdom of the West Franks, which contained most of Charlemagne's original kingdom, became France.The Kingdom of the East Franks contained almost all of the eastern territories Charlemagne had added to his original kingdom, and this became the Holy Roman Empire when its king, Otto I, was crowned emperor, ostensibly resurrecting the title.The connection Charlemagne had to all this was that he united the territories of the Kingdom of the East Franks with each other, and this kingdom became the Holy Roman Empire. Neither the fact that they were mostly territories not in his original kingdom, nor the fact that they were later separated from that kingdom, should be allowed to cloud the fact that he united them with each other.The names we call the empires by is a bit problematical. Please see the related question below for more on this.

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