Mark twain described the term “gilded” as something that is shiny and beautiful on the outside, but rotten on the inside. with this definition in mind, why do you think the late 1800s in america is often referred to as the gilded age? name some of the changes that occurred near the end of the gilded age.

Mark Twain described the term “gilded” as something that is shiny and beautiful on the outside, but rotten on the inside. With this definition in mind, the late 1800s in America is often referred to as the Gilded Age because of all of the technological and industrial growth led to American prosperity but it also led to greed and corruption often at the extent of the working class people.

Some of the changes that occurred near the end of the Gilded Age include: Pullman sleeping cars and trains, using the Transcontinental Railroad to transport goods and services, the Industrial Revolution and monopolies, expansion of banks/textiles/agriculture/steel/oil industries, electricity, the telephone, and the Progressive Era (trust busting, reforms, women’s rights, civil rights, trade unions, and fair labor).

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the arab empire adopted the muslim religion as their main belief. arabs would influence the people from the territories they invaded towards islam (the muslim belief).

nevertheless, throughout the history of the arab empire, rulers brought intellectual individuals from other religions to their centers of learning. these other foreigners included jews, christians, greeks, persians, and indians.   these resulted in the adoption of important knowledge developed by these cultures by the arabic empire. for example, the works of aristotle were translated from greek to arab and indian scientists brought the numerical concept of "zero" to the arabs.

nowadays, 93% of the arab population is muslim, which at the same time is subdivided in sects including the sunni, zaini, alawi, shia. the remaining 7% is composed mainly of christians.