The ancient Greeks developed city states rather than a unified nation due to the geography of the region. The region’s mountainous terrain encouraged the formation of powerful; centers of power as opposed to a central capital. The Mediterranean also provided an opportunity for the cities to rise
From 1405 until 1433, the Chinese imperial eunuch Zheng He led seven ocean ... Zheng He traveled all the way from China to Southeast Asia and then on to ... of its extremely advanced technology and all the riches the state had to offer. .... with some ships going perhaps as far south as Sofala in present day Mozambique.
General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
