A) hoovervilles are another word for shantytowns
The conditions that paved the way for the British industrial revolution were a stable government that supported economic growth, they didn't have river tolls like other European countries, and a <span>strong navy to protect the empire.
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The Sumerians in Mesopotamia near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers being among the first civilized well-developed agricultural nations in the world, learned from the Ubaidians. The latter people were a strong creative force at one time who gave rise to such things as weaving, masonry and pottery which could explain the origins of artifacts like the one shown above here.
Throughout history??? if that is the case then...
Germany-WWII
Japan-WWII
Soviet Union-Cold War