Throughout history, direct control as meant many different things, but in general it is a term used to describe a government's grip on a certain population within a country.
Number 1, Pearl Harbot
2 Battle of Midway
3 Island shopping
The Dutch believed that they had more of a claim on New Amsterdam than the British is:
They were the first one to claim the land.
Back when territories between countries still haven't been settled, the one that first settle the territory will have control over it.
Comparing Julius Caesar And Malcolm X
power over another thing. Some people are content with not having any power whatsoever and then there are people whose entire lives revolve around that thirst and need for power. The latter is a description of two famous people in history, Malcolm X and Julius Caesar. Thirsting for power and wanting to much of a good thing can be very self-destructive. This thirst for power can cause people to be blinded but the reality of what is going on around them. Taking into consideration that both of these powerful...