Agricultural civilizations such as Babylon insisted on harsh punishments for crimes given that they did not have ample resources to build jails or prisons where the criminals would be sentenced to. As a result, they imposed harsh punishments which also served to deter would be offenders
In 1931 communist leaders Mao Zedong was elected chairman of the newly established soviet in the long March thousands of young Chinese traveled to Shaanxi to enlist in Maos Red army he served as head of the communist party of China until his death in 1986
Polio was the disease that left FDR's legs paralyzed.
