Slavery would've been outlawed.
It was considered part of the Japanese homeland.
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Ancient Egypt, because it the unification by King Menes and the building of monumental pyramids and temples and last but not least the effective system of medicine.
"The promise of an easy life" was not a reason that people moved west in the late 1800s, since in fact many people knew that this new life would be quite dangerous and difficult.