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It costs money and resources to go to war and fight

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Conflict uses up resources and effort, taking away the energy they can put in other areas of their society.

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When they are at war, they will have less resources to improve their society.

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It can stretch the resources that the society has.

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It's wasting resources

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unity and stability

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A loss in trust and resources

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People only focus on staying safe

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it regresses stability and unity

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People can not focus on making advancements and improving the society

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war and wasted resources

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How does conflict regress society?

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During times of peace, it gives time to the society to focus less on war and become more advanced in other parts of the society.

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Resources do not have to be allotted to war, and the people can focus on education instead of being prepared to join the military.

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The stability allows them to invent more things and advance in other aspects they otherwise wouldn't be able to focus on.

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It allows them to focus on other aspects of their society to improve.

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The society isn't focused on war, and conquering.

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no one is fighting which means more resorces, men, and peace they can do more

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When they aren't worrying about other things. they will have more time and resources to build on other parts of their society.

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They dont have to focus on war and there citizens dont have to join the military so people could make advancements in other areas

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less fightning more working together

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when they are unified and don’t fight as much

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It gave people time to focus on improvement

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They allow for societies to improve in every way.

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It gives time for the society to gather and work together on advancing their technology

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A time of peace means that there won't be any wars that will push their society back.

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Less fighting

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money, resources, and men aren't wasted on war

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In what ways do times of peace allow for society to improve?

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They valued piousness and intellect.

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Culture and power were valued

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military and religon were valued

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Military, economy, and culture were valued

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Having better writing, military, and religion

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Religion and economy were valued

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They valued religion, education, a powerful military

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Religion, art, and economy were valued by the leaders

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What was valued and what was not valued by those in leadership positions?

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they knew how to work together

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The society was in a time of peace. They were focused on improving the society.

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they were advanced in many diffrent ways

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They are advancing in technology and are becoming more "modernized"

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They were balanced in how advanced their society is.

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They were focused upon very heavily and those areas were very advanced in the society

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They were advanced in technology

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I said that they were very advanced

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it showed that they were much more advanced and it made them more powerful

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They were advanced in technology.

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They focused on education and were not as military based as former civilizations like the city-state Sparta.

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That they had lots of peace and time. They had very smart people that were developing these things. It made them more powerful.

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The society is in good shape

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People had freedom and were able to express themselves

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they were very advanced in many different fields and were very powerful with all the advancements

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They had a pretty unified society and could work together.

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It says that they were really advanced and that they had time to make new advancements.

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They were very good at advancing many areas and not be concerened with only war like the Roman empire

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It says that the society was very advanced and had a lot of access to resources

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What do the advancements in medicine, science, education and art/architecture say about the society at the time?

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very good cosmopolitanism center

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They probably moved because they were closer to the center of the country and closer to water.

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seems to be in the center

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they are closer to water and had better defense

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easier to spread news and make their area more centralized

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I think that they moved to the capital because it had access to a waterway and close to a lot of things.

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Close to water making trade easier.

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I think it might of been moved so that they could access a better trade route to Iraq

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They wanted to be near water and maybe a place where it had better defense

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Because it was around the middle of the society so it would be easier to trade

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Probably to reach new areas and expand their empire.

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More centralized in their empire

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Center near water and good place for trading

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The culture is more Islam

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It would be easier to spread news to all of the surrounding empire that they controlled.

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Because it was a central point in their empire. It was in the middle of the Middle East, Asia and Africa

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Natural Resources/Boundaries

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Baghdad is in the middle of there society and the middle of the world at the time  It would be a very good spot for defense and trade

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Because it was on, or close to, a river/water source so trade and agriculture would be easy

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They are near waterways.

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Probably they were invaded

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Why do you think the Abbasids moved the Capital of their empire to Baghdad?

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Language,religion and government

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military and cultural accomplishments

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Their culture.

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Technological advancements, interactions with other places, successful ideas

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Technology advancements and trade

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Advancements in technology, trade, powerful military, and a stable economy.

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Technology advancements

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Strong military and have good trade routes.

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Many times legacy of empires is shown through architecture, technology, and engineering.

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Their culture, advancements in technology, and the impact they made on future generations.

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technologically advancements and structure

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Government from Athens for example.

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Egypt calendars which was an advancement.

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Advancements in technology.

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Advancements in technology

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Advancements economy and technology

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Some "lasting legacies" of great empires are technological advancements

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Common lasting legacies of great empires include the inventions, innovations, and new successful developments that took place during that time period. One example of this are the technological advancements of the Tang/Song, which have influenced much of the technology we use today. Cultures and government are also legacies.