Answer: Oil Embargo, 1973–1974. During the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) imposed an embargo against the United States in retaliation for the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military and to gain leverage in the post-war peace negotiation
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New York and Boston were both port cities. Being able to get in and out of the area with ships was very influential in battles.
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number one is oil and im guessing number 2 would be arabs contributions during the golden age