Ruling the Byzantine Empire and providing the "bubonic plaque" or "Justinian's plaque".
First Barbary War is the andwer
Answer:
They fought for the land so they could live in it, not so they could give it to the Native Americans (whom which the colonists didnt like so much back then)
Explanation:
Desert was positive because it had sandstone which was used for architecture and it was negative because it was always hot and barely any life
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