He was from the South, and Southerners thought he should support their cause. ... It created a dividing line between free and slave states???
After the Soviet Union lost twenty million soldiers in WW2, Stalin wanted to make buffer zones around friendly states so they would never be invaded again.
The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous artworks in the history of art. Leonardo da Vinci was the one who painted it. Some say it was a painting of Lisa Gherardini (just learned this in my Western Civ Class). The exact date in which Da Vinci started painting this picture is unknown however it is believed that he started painting the Mona Lisa around 1503 and completed around 1517. Hopefully this helps.
