As part of the 1898 Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish American War, Spain agreed to cede the Philippine Islands to the United States for $20 million.
Yes yes Mesopotamia lies between the Tigris river and the Euphrates river
Tiber River. The most important river in central Italy. It runs some 400 kilometers through a long valley running from Tuscany through Umbria, Latium, past Rome, to the Tyrannize Sea at Ostia (literally, the “mouths” of the river). The river had a positive as well as negative impact on the development of Rome.
The Mediterranean Sea was important to the Roman Empire in that it was a vital trade link with other parts of the Empire, especially the Middle East and North Africa. ... The Romans referred to it as "their sea" and would not allow competing empires to flourish on it, such as the Greeks and Egyptians.
The Battle of Eutaw Springs was one of the hardest fought and bloodiest battles of the Revolution and proved to be the last major engagement of the war to take place in the South.
