The highest concentration of cities probably emerged along the two rivers the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. This would have happened because of the large amount of fertile soil by those two rivers.
<em>"The Fertile Crescent"</em>, a region in what we now know as <em>The Middle East</em> or <em>Western Asia</em>, where the historical Mesopotamian civilization developed, was shaped by the basin of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; this region comprises the modern territories of <em>Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Southern Turkey, wester Iran</em> and <em>Egypt.</em>
<em>The Sumerians are </em>the first community considered to inhabit the region.
People who wanted to settle in Texas before the Mexican Revolution had to "<span>declare they would become loyal Spanish subjects," since Spain had been dealing with too many "trouble makers" in the region. </span>
Italy finally had its independence last April 11. 1861 after the Third Italian War with the Austrian Empire. The Austrian-Italian Treaty was the formal confirmation of Italy's territory.
This event received recognition by the United States. I hope this answered your given question.
