The 'two rivers' of the name referred to the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers and the land was known as 'Al-Jazirah' (the island) by the Arabs referencing what Egyptologist J.H. Breasted would later call the Fertile Crescent, where Mesopotamian civilization began.
They closed their borders and turned inward because they wanted to stop people from learning other religions. Two results are that they could no longer trade and they were confined to themselves.
T∅P
For Rip Van Winkle, nature offers Rip a sense of freedom. Early in the story, he desires to leave his nagging wife and all the difficulties of modern, industrialized life behind. By escaping into the woods and living in nature, he feels he will be able to leave freely in solitude and peace. Nature, then, serves as a place where Rip can find harmony and personal satisfaction.
Holodomor
kill- by-famine
The policies of Stalin known as the five years plan that aimed at industrializing soviet union are to be blamed for million death, that were covered up from the outside world.
