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The statement is false, as the region of present-day southern Iraq was part of the Fertile Crescent.
Explanation:
The Fertile Crescent is a region in the Middle East, south of the mountains of Turkey and Iran. It mainly covers the fertile areas of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan, as well as parts of southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran. The area is home to the great Euphrates and Tigris Mesopotamian streams, as well as the Syrian Orontes and the Levant Jordan. The Nile valley in Egypt is also often considered to be part of the region.
The Fertile Crescent takes its name from its semi-resembling shape and its good cultivation conditions, which allowed agriculture to develop in the area between 11000 and 8000 BC. The area is home to most of today's most important crops and livestock.
In the prehistoric and early history, the region developed the first major cities and early centers of cultivation as agriculture enabled it to support large numbers of people.
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The Democratic Party was the result of the split that occurred inside the Democratic-Republican Party, established by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early 1790´s, due to big differences in viewpoints on: slavery, equality and also the role of a centralized government over the power of individual states.
The Democratic Party thus, was born from the factions that broke off from the original Democractic-Republicans after the elections of 1824 and who followed the ideals of Andrew Jackson, especially on slavery and government involvement in all aspects of American life. Originally, this party had three tenets over which they were unified: slavery, individual rights and state sovereignity. In essence, they said they were the party of "the common man".
However, after a good period of unity, and constant successes against the then opposing party, the Whig Party, differences began to emerge between the Democrat members of the North and those of the South, especially on the issue of slavery, and allowing this institution to spread to newly acquired lands. The crisis initiated in the 1850´s, when the issue of slavery began to rip the party appart into Northern and Southern factions. Democrats from the North were not open to negotiation of certain aspects with those of the South and the division happened. Thus, a group of Democrats, the War Democrats and the Copperheads.
The result of this split was not only the emergence of different groups, especially of those who, although Democrats, did not believe in any form of slavery, but also, the allowance of time, and space for the Whig Party to reorganize its efforts and become the Republican Party. This is the reason why Repubicans were able to reconquer the presidency with Abraham Lincoln, and why so many of the issues that Democrats opposed were able to take form as policies in the U.S.
It left unresolved political issues in Germany that led to another World War
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The island of Cuba was inhabited by various Amerindian cultures prior to the arrival of the Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492. After his arrival on a Spanish expedition, Spain conquered Cuba and appointed Spanish governors to rule in Havana.
Explanation: After the Spanish American War, Americans were convinced that Cubans could not govern themselves. The Platt Amendment was then used to allow the U.S. to basically completely control Cuba trade and government. The U.S. then used Cuba for economic purposes by dominating their various industries, imports, and exports. After the Spanish-Cuban-American war for Cuba's independence, the U.S took over Cuba, and thus anti-colonial tensions arose because the Cuban's were again unable to profit from their own resources, control their own economy, or govern themselves without some US involvement.
The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution of the United States. Stemming from wartime urgency, its progress was slowed by fears of central authority and extensive land claims by states before was it was ratified on March 1, 1781. Under these articles, the states remained sovereign and independent, with Congress serving as the last resort on appeal of disputes. Congress was also given the authority to make treaties and alliances, maintain armed forces and coin money. However, the central government lacked the ability to levy taxes and regulate commerce, issues that led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 for the creation of new federal laws.
