"The differences are subtle and come mostly from the different situations the two women find themselves in".
"Portia and Jessica have much in common. Both are beautiful, intelligent, and funny. Both are bold and can be blunt ".
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The idea of manifest destiny was the belief that people were destined for expansion across Northern America.
These states are Turkey, Syria, and Greece
Antigonid dynasty was a dynasty of Hellenistic kings descended from Alexander the Great's general Antigonus I Monophthalmus. his attempt to establish control of the whole Alexandrian empire led to his defeat and death at the battle of Ipsus. His sons were only able to establish authority over Macedonia for a short time, until the mighty Rome came into power.
European nations give away land to people willing to settle and work in their colonies, because they have to pay the people to live there, as many of their civilians didn't want to go, for there were no profit in going "Why would we go to an unkonwn place for no profit". The land allowed companies to send settlers there, as people went there to farm or get rich quickly
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