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Saint Peterdburg is a Russian port city on the Baltic Sea. It was the imperial capital for 2 centuries, having been founded in 1703 by Peter the Great, the subject of the city's iconic "Bronze Horseman" statue. Sweden's first fortress, Landskrona, was erected at the mouth of the Ojita River in 1299. In 1703 the Russians conquered Nyen and fifteen days later, Tsar Peter I officially founded, downstream of the Neva River, in the delta, The city of Saint Petersburg. Saint Petersburg is today the second largest city in the Russian Federation and one of the largest in Europe. The city center and other monuments in its surroundings have been considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1990. Saint Petersburg is also the seat of the Contitutional Court of Russia.
When voting rights frist started only wealthy land owners were allowed to vote which was an idea that was taken from the Greek Democracy and all members of the Greeek Assembly were elected their positions by citizens that they represented and were paid for their work in the public office just like the way the U.S. elects their officials. The U.S. also took the 3 branches of government from the Greek Democracy and the citizens right to exercise political power. The Constitution was an idea taken from the Roman Republic. The Roman Republic had a list of rules called the Twelve Tables (list of rules/Roman legal system) and both the Roman & U.S. Senate's deal with foreign policies.
Pre Columbian is before Columbus travelled to the Americas in 1492 (thus starting globalization and connecting the Old and New world). I think it's generally used to refer to the New world areas.
Mesoamerica is "middle America" and is pretty much Mexico, Central America, and/or the Carribean.
California, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and New York.
