National banks are typically commercial banks, many banks in the world like Chase Bnak, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citibank, U.S Bank, PNC bank, Capital Bank and others.
In 1954, France is the European nation tried to reassert their colonial claims to Indochinca fighting Vietnam. It is called the Vietnam war, the said war resulted in the military defeat of the French leaving the Republic of Vietnam regime fighting a communist insurgency with USA aid.
The European nation that colonized India and Australia, in addition to having spheres of influence in China is Great Britain. They colonized India for two hundred years and sixty-two years with Australia. The sphere of influence with China has a certain levels of cultural, economical, cultural or political exclusivity.
Tigris and Euphrates river, in the midst of a vast desert, the peoples of Mesopotamia railed upon these rivers to provide drinking water, agricultural irrigation, and major transportation routes.