European powers were running out of places to colonize in africa, while trade in East Asia was becoming more and more profitable, but the cost in time and money of traveling all the way around africa and through the india ocean (or the long trek down the silk road) was hampering European profits off of trading. So the Spanish sent Columbus to find a shorter root to Asia. Columbus didn't set out looking for America, it was just a happy accident.
Contrary to the myths perpetuated by western films, most military forts of the American West were not established to protect the settlers from Indians; rather, they were built to maintain peace among the tribes, as well as between Native Americans and white emigrants.
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The answer accurately describes religious practices of ancient kush or was a civilization centered in the North African region of Nubia, located in what is today northern Sudan.
<span>The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed by the Federalist-dominated 5th United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798. ... The revised Alien Enemies Act remains in effect today.</span>
Nigeria has the world's highest deforestation rate.
90% of West Africa's rainforest has been destroyed.
