Ferdinand Magellan was the first (at least his crew) to successfully lead an expedition to circumnavigate the world. (he died on the voyage, but ~3 sailors made it back i believe, forgot the number of sailors, but very little)
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If we are talking about the second world war, then then answer would be that the Chinese kept the Japanese busy fighting them, and in turn, about 800,000 of their troops. This gave the Americans, who were the main force against the Japanese during this time, a little breathing room with which to continue military operations.
Hope this answered your question.
The Iranian hostage crisis
During the Iranian revolution the shahs were overthrown. carter decision to allow the carter who was hated in Iran to travel to USA for hospitalization anger the Iranian, and the revolutionary students attacked the USA embassy taking 52 people hostage for 444 days. Carter diplomatic overtures and sanctions did not win over supreme leader Khomeini,and carter reelection bid was lost.
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Renaissance art, had an increased awareness of nature, a revival of classical learning, and a more individualistic view of man
