In Vietnam, new, inexperienced American soldiers were trained together and fought together.
The Silk Road connected them to the Fertile Crescent and other western countries and gave them new goods . Before the Silk Road china suffered from isolation because of the natural boarders around it
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"The concept of a democratic society, such as the one our country enjoys today, began in the Greek capital some 8,000 years ago. The city of Athens is sometimes referred to as the cradle of Western civilization."
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You need a time period to be entered here because the Maximum Land area
(million Km to the power of 2) list the British Empire as 35.5 to the power of 3, while the Soviets only have a 22 or so. According to this information, the British Empire is larger in land mass than the Soviet Union. Again, we need a time period for an accurate answer.