The attack on pearl harbor was intended as a prevention order to keep the U.S pacific fleet from interfering with military actions the empire of japan was planning on south east Asia against overseas territory of the united kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United states. <span />
You could say that it is laws regarding slavery. One of his basic laws way back in 1066 was that no man shall sell another men, or they would pay a fine. This basically outlawed slavery in Britain. However, they enslaved Africans because they didn't consider Africans to be men later when exploration of Africa began.
Fertile Crescent, which arcs from the Persian Gulf to Turkey and south to Egypt
It was where many Asian immigrants opposed reform efforts
They explored and colonized in North America mainly for Gold