What is one impact of the language used by prospero in this excerpt?

Analyze the passage, and name the country that the merchant lives in. a merchant in western europe has just received a huge delivery of spices from the east. he noticed that this delivery had arrived faster than previous deliveries. he knows the change is the result of a new land route. the route starts from his country and goes all the way to china. now the merchant can trade these spices to the rest of europe. based on the passage, the merchant is

Trench warfare began after germany failed in its initial plan to seize france and bring a quick end to the war. negotiate a temporary truce with the allied forces. attack the allies by sea with its powerful navy. storm across the eastern front to attack russia.

What do historians call the political, social, or cultural circumstances surrounding an event?