The expression riding shotgun is derived from "shotgun messenger a colloquial term for express messenger, when stagecoach travel was popular during the American Wild West and the Colonial period in Australia. The person rode alongside the driver.
Between the 9th and 11th centuries C.E., the kingdom of Ghana was so rich that its dogs wore golden collars, and its horses, which were adorned with silken rope halters, slept on plush carpets. Based on animal luxuries alone, it is no wonder that foreigners touted Ghana's kings as the richest men in the world. Gradually, Ghana grew very rich, due in large part to the trans- Saharan trade. The ghana required traders to give him a percentage of the products they were trading. If a trader was trading in gold, he was required to pay the ghana part of his gold. The ghana also placed a tax on the local goldmines.
Barlett claimed that Hitler could have climbed down if Chamberlain stood firm and did not make any appeasement. He believed that Hitler doesn't have the support of his people. He thought that if only Chamberlain at that time wage war in Germany, Hitler would easily be defeated.