The geography of Greece contributed to this. Another reason was that Greece could be easily navigated. One more reason was aristocracy, the highest people in the government.
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The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The term refers especially to the Eastern Mediterranean campaigns in the period between 1095 and 1271 that had the objective of conquering the Holy Land from Islamic rule.
The Afghanistan War took a heavy financial toll on the Soviet Union during the 1980s. Similar to the American invasion of Afghanistan in the early 2000s, the Soviets realized it to be very difficult to defeat an enemy when an invading force attempts to restructure another nation's government or eradicated a non-political force (such as the Mujaheddin or al-Qaeda). <span />
Answer: In the West, Americans found a lot of land to expand, new species of plants and animals, and access to the Pacific Ocean. Because of their access to the largest body of water on the planet, international trade was possible (but wouldn't begin for another 75 or so years, assuming that this is in the mid-1800s).
Public health and environmental problems were bad for the people of rome
