<span>A small state run by citizens is the best definition of a polis.</span>
The missionaries were motivated by belief that African natives needed the Christian message to be saved eternally, as well as feeling motivated to help the earthly well-being of the peoples in Africa as a Christian duty to help those in need.
Note that there is an implication in all of this that the European culture was superior to the African culture, and that the people of the central African rainforest were indeed in need. Missionary endeavors set up medical clinics and schools and other facilities to aid the African natives. There certainly was much good done in this way, but there also was a paternalistic attitude of the "white man's burden" to help seemingly lower human beings. (Rudyard Kipling wrote the poem "White Man's Burden" in 1899 in reference to a different imperial venture, but the thought applies here as well.)
Help people have clean water to brush there teeth, shower, and drink.
They didnt react primarly because france and Britain were both facing financial issues thus allowing hitler to gain control of the territory and making him and his army more powerful.
The reason the South and North went to war was the south siege and seizure of the northern fortress, fort sumpter. The bigger reason was slaves, with Lincoln in charge, the south feared for their rights for slaves.(Lincoln was a well known abolitionist) Thus, the south broke away from the Union out of fear that The North would take away their slaves. The difference between North and South at the time was that the North was industrialized while the south had an agricultural based economy. The South has a warmer and more humid climate than the north making it perfect for farms. The north has a more cooler climate than the south, but bountiful in resources and land, making it perfect for factories and cities.
