It all depends on your personal beliefs now and days. some people believe it started from a bang, others believe that God from the bible created everything, and others believe that there are multiple gods that created the universe and everything. I say you do some research and figure out which of the hundreds of tales you believe.
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Western counties of Virgina did not want to secede from the Union. So they voted to secede from Virginia.
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One way the could is by forcing trade deals with other weaker countries.
These trade deals where sometimes about having access to a countries resources or just about having access to an important ones like oil.
These deals where unfair to the nation they are getting forced on.
Example - The USA forcing Japan to trade with the west by showing up to Japan's shores with ships.
B. Communism or Democracy.
Being along oceans or major water ways made trade to other areas more accessible, which attributed to those cities' economic and financial growth.
