What influences the politics of the ENTIRE WORLD?

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. and i live on, but in grief and self-contempt, left here without the light i loved so much, in a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt. no more love songs, then, i have done with such; my old skill now runs thin at each attempt, and tears are heard within the harp i touch. (lines 9-14) which of the lines, taken from the sestet shown above, is the volta?

What is the term for a short statement about history that has not been yet been proved

Which is an effective question for launching history inquiry related to the cold war