The Shogunate was unable to do anything against the Western fleets.
<span>The government was unable to drive away Perry’s well-armed warships.</span>
Is to make better use of daylight
Quite simple: a region is the geographical zone where people lived and/or particular events took place. A period is the chronological segment of linear history (timeline) where such people lived and/or the event took place. For example, the Crusades took place in the Middle East while the period is the Middle Ages.
(Deserts<span> do not occur near the Equator, tropics occur there). Higher in the atmosphere, the now cold, dry air rises and moves away from the equator. At about </span>30<span> degree </span>latitudes<span> in both hemispheres (</span>north and south<span>), the air descends. That is my thought though I am no that sure.
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