Plato's famous philosophical work was called The Republic. In this seminal work Plato, who was a famous Greek philosopher from the antique times, he was describing how a utopia in the form of a country would look like. His work is still being read tody and is considered an important piece of intellectual work in some aspects.
<span>"Land was at a great price so if you wanted your own land this was usually the best way to get it. Adventure drew many, starting anew also was a big factor. You could start a business and have little competition. And also settled land was getting a bit overpopulated (not to mention expensive) so moving enabled you to have some elbow room. And Gold drew tons of people both within the country and globally. But that was really just a flash in the pan."</span>
The only two times Japan was ever successfully invaded by a foreign power occurred at Okinawa and Iwo Jima. In both cases, the invading power was the United States during World War II. Those islands were controlled by the Japanese, but invading American forces routed the Japanese under General MacArthur's island-hopping campaign in the Pacific theater. An interesting fact to note is that while the Americans invaded the Japanese, the Japanese also invaded US holdings among the Aleutian Islands in what is now Alaska.