The first civilizations formed on the banks of rivers. The most notable examples are the Ancient Egyptians, who were based on the Nile, the Mesopotamians in the Fertile Crescent on the Tigris/Euphrates rivers, the Ancient Chinese on the Yellow River, and the Ancient India on the Indus. These early civilizations began to form around the time of the Neolithic Revolution (12000 BCE).Rivers were attractive locations for the first civilizations because they provided a steady supply of drinking water and made the land fertile for growing crops. Moreover, goods and people could be transported easily, and the people in these civilizations could fish and hunt the animals that came to drink water. Additionally, those lost in the wilderness could return to civilization by traveling downstream, where the major centers of human population tend to concentrate.
The Junto gave us our first public hospital, library, and volunteer fire department. The group encouraged the development of police departments, improved city infrastructure, and the University of Pennsylvania. They encouraged self-improvement in the areas of economics, philosophy, morals, and politics.
President Wooddrow Wilson plans was not to spend much time in foreign affairs and keep his neutrality so America cannot be seen as peace breakers.
Nevertheless the sinking of the passenger liner Lusitania by a German U-Boat changed his mind. He asked for an apology from Germany and stayed neutral as long as possible, till president Wilson finally asked Congress for a formal declaration of war after the intention of Germany to give US territory to Mexico in return for supporting the German cause.
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