The United States decision to join World War I prevented the defeat of the Allied forces in April, May and July of 1918. In August the influx of 2 million fresh American troops led to the collapse and defeat of the German forces. Without the American troops the Allies would most likely have lost the war.
Ruled by the Aksumites, it existed from approximately 100 AD to 940 AD. The polity was centered in the city of Axum. It grew from the proto-Aksumite Iron Age period around the 4th century BC to achieve prominence by the 1st century AD, and became a major player on the commercial route between the Roman Empire and Ancient India. The Aksumite rulers facilitated trade by minting their own Aksumite currency, with the state establishing its hegemony over the declining Kingdom of Kush. It also regularly entered the politics of the kingdoms on the Arabian Peninsula, and eventually extended its rule over the region with the conquest of the Himyarite Kingdom. The Persian Prophet Mani (died 274 AD) regarded Axum as one of the four great powers of his time, alongside Persia, Rome, and China.[3][4]
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The development of such major Sudanic kingdoms and empires as Ghana, Mali, Songhai, the Hausa states, and Kanem-Bornu along the southern fringes of the Sahara had a number of important consequences for the history of western Africa as a whole
The Russian people lost a lot of soldiers
Japan was able to recover so fast due to the Korean War. There was a huge surge of United Nation and United States troops that provided money and jobs. Japan was able to serve as a repair hub as well as a logistics base during that time.
