spices are the main reason for acquisition of southeast asian colonies by european nation
The answer I believe is oxygen
The crust is the thinnest and outermost level of the earth. Beneath the crust is the mantle, beneath the mantle is the outer core, and the deepest level of the earth's interior is called the inner core.
The Same reason the ancient egyptians lived on the banks of the flooding nile. The flood waters push up very fertile soil that is great for growing crops.
<span>Poverty on the Islands of Vanuatu is not much different statistically than that of third world nations and may be even a little better than most. What makes the experience of poverty different on an island nation is the cost of getting goods and services from the mainland, natives to the island often make do with what is on hand and rely on traditional methods of doing things like laundry and transportation for instance rather than rely on goods and services from off the island. Being secluded from other nations in this way means less influence of political turmoil in other third world nations and contributes to the way poverty is experienced as well.</span>
