All these countries and the Andes themselves are extremely
rich in the natural resources. They have it all: wood, oil, gas, copper,
salt, lithium, ore, precious metals like gold to name the few. Unfortunately,
due to unstable political situation in these countries and poor working
conditions its hard to reach all of this natural wealth.
<span>raised plots for crops were built from mud in the lake bed with canals between them :)</span>
European powers were running out of places to colonize in africa, while trade in East Asia was becoming more and more profitable, but the cost in time and money of traveling all the way around africa and through the india ocean (or the long trek down the silk road) was hampering European profits off of trading. So the Spanish sent Columbus to find a shorter root to Asia. Columbus didn't set out looking for America, it was just a happy accident.
Was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and he <span>transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. </span>
America wanted to stamp out Communism in South East Asia. They also looked at this an an opportunity to fight the soviets but not directly , this is called a proxy war. Such proxy wars happened in Afghanistan and Korea and now in Syria. For evidence , the United states president at the time lyndon b Johnson said " the Soviet threat is only going to get bigger and we have to take âction now"
