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In general, during the time of early America, this community embraced Christianity as a way of escaping the horrors of every day life, since they were promised salvation upon death.
Pretty sure it is "gold", you know with the California Gold Rush, and 49ers and all that. :)
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The mountains isolated Greeks from one another, which caused Greek communities to develop their own way of life. Greece is made up of many mountains, isolated valleys, and small islands. This geography prevented the Greeks from building a large empire like that of Egypt or Mesopotamia
