The USSR extended its sphere of influence into Yugoslavia and Albania by supporting the communist parties in those countries. Yugoslavia separated from the USSR later on after a fight between those who supported the USSR way of Communism, that is Stalin, and those who supported the socialistic way, that is Tito.
The Himalayan Mountains created a natural protective barrier. Many civilizations have benefited from natural protective barriers. Egypt had the desert, Switzerland had the Alps, the Alps saved Rome too.
They were hard to get to from city centers.
They had bad odors.
They were cramped and dangerous to live in.
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The Latin American Wars of Independence were the revolutions that took place during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and resulted in the creation of a number of independent countries in Latin America. These revolutions followed the American and French Revolutions, which had profound effects on the Spanish, Portuguese, and French colonies in the Americas. Haiti, a French slave colony, was the first to follow the United States to independence during the Haitian Revolution, which lasted from 1791 to 1804. From this Napoleon Bonaparte emerged as French ruler, whose armies set out to conquer Europe, including Spain and Portugal, in 1808.
