A mayor council government.
The spread of Greek culture throughout most of the ancient world
Although Alexander the Great's kingdom did not last for long, his influence did. This is because the Greek were able to spread their culture throughout Europe and Asia. The Greek culture mixed with other civilization to for the Hellenistic culture that spread around Europe
Islam has had an enormous impact on the culture of the Middle East since the time of the Prophet Muhammad. Islam has helped to shape the culture from the language, to customs, to business, to institution building, to the construction of political arrangements. Because Islam became the predominant religion of the region much of life has been built around Islam and the doctrine the religion professes. There are few aspects of life today in the Middle East that Islam has not had some direct or indirect influence on.
The purpose of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 was to put some order in the chaos of the colonization of Africa. It divided the continent up into specific areas for colonization.
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As much as i know they weren't pursuing a closer relation with them, as they were de-facto enemies in the Cold war (1947-1991)
