You need a before / after set of maps.
It is one thing to conquer and create an empire.
It is quite another to occupy the land you've conquered and hold on to it.
Alexander did not name a successor. He died when he was only 33 (? google this) and those closest to him destroyed the empire he had created by squabbling among themselves.
There are many ways but one would be that when people are too patriotic, their judgement of what is right and what is wrong can be clouded.
Answer: The speed of cultural diffusion
The emergence of the internment has made several things which are not possible before become possible. There are so many cultures on earth that would have never had any contact with one another but for the emergence of the internet. Through this avenue, one can learn so many things from other cultures without leaving one's location.
A historian using the thinking skill of primary source analysis might try to "get in the mindset" of the writer or speaker of the source in question, in order to gain more insight into their life and environment.
Answer:
<em>The English kidnapped American sailors.</em>