Constitutional monarchy was a concept that emerged from the political revolutions of the Age of Enlightenment. Why did the kings of Europe usually resist this idea and work to prevent it from affecting their kingdoms? Kings in Europe tended to look for fights wherever they could find them--after all, that's how they became kings. Kings in Europe were afraid that a constitution would require them to give away all of their wealth to support the kingdom's poor. Constitutional monarchies required kings to follow the same laws as others--and most kings felt they were above the laws of the land. Kings in Europe did not care about the problems of merchants or anyone else in their kingdoms--they just liked having power.

In exodus from Lebanon, the well-off find new home in Cyprus: Many well-off Lebanese who escaped their country’s economic tailspin for a new life in the nearby island nation of Cyprus say the transition has been a whirlwind of emotions. #accelerationism

first, the romans stayed isolated because they had to defend their own territories from neighboring cities that were harassing them, like the etruscans. second, once the romans managed to defeat their neighbors, and started to expand their territory, they started to build roads and bridges. finally, now that the romans have covered their territory with roads functioning as highways, they could mobilize their legions faster to assemble larger military units in a specific place

uhh idk for sure but i think it makes it difficult to pump the oil through the oil rigs