While the Spartans were known for being strong in battle after the battle has ended the king actually send his trumpeters back and send his army to retrieve the dead. When the enemies wanted to retrieve the dead as well they would send over a representative to negotiate.
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Northern places like Canada were colonized by France. The mid part was at first colonized by the Dutch but then the colonies were taken by the British. The central American part, including South America and the Carribean was mostly controlled by the Spanish. Portugal had control of Brazil while Russians started slowly moving towards Alaska but couldn't establish colonies until the 18th century.