The Minoan civilization was located in Crete, an island. There they developed a large civilization that was based on navy and trade.
The Mycenae invaded Crete and adopted many habits from the Minoans. They developed trade throghout the Mediterranean, with this they built large ships and traveled to other places like Egypt.
The geographic characteristics influenced both civilizations heavily because they were located close to the sea and this pushed them to become good at trade by sea, which caused them to be sucessfull for a while and develop their own civilization.
The two last continets were probably north america and south america
Democrats probably feared an alliance between poor white men and African Americans because they felt that the poor whites and African Americans would work together to replace the system of government that was currently in place, which would result in taking government jobs away from those already in a governmnet position.
Well, Like most it was probably Political, economic, and Military Strength. Theodora took after many with her empire, all wanting to build a civilization.
