Perhaps you already knew that millions of people died during World War II or that about 6 million Jews died as a result of the Holocaust, which was an attempt by Nazi Germany to systematically eliminate the Jewish people. How could that help you understand this passage?

the effect of the ming leaders banning ships with more than two masts was that there was no further construction of ships masts, because there was a surplus. ming emperors disallowed foreign exploration

barrio is a spanish word meaning neighborhood. in spain, several latin american countries and the philippines, the term is also used officially to denote a division of a municipality while a ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, typically as a result of social, legal, or economic pressure. the term may have originally been used in venice to describe the part of the city to which jews were restricted and segregated.

a stronger government