Leonidas, one of the two kings in the Spartan diarchy, died fighting the Persian Invasion at Thermopylae. He had a force of three hundred Spartans, augmented by a thousand or so soldiers from his allies. He had sent the main part of his force in retreat, and was holding the pass at Thermopylae in order to give the Athenians and the other Grecian states more time to prepare against the Persians. <span />
Farthest northwest of which state?
California is the most populated state.
Which what is farthest to the northeast? If it's a state that would be Maine.
Which what is characterized?
This is because after winning independent slave trade also was in that event, or because Europeans wanted to influence Christians into Africa.
Islamic scholars preserved some of art and literature’s most classical works, inspiring the Europeans.
Well in the 1850's was a significant time where slavery occurs. As you probably know slavery was terrible on so many levels. Becuase of the different opinions on slavery their political values changed., Some values thought that slavery was okay while the other fought against it saying that slavery should end. Different sections such as Indiana and Illinois has strong opinions to keep slavery including the south when the rest of America did not feel so strongly.