Fort Snelling was established because the Americans wanted to protect against the Canadians and British. It is located in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
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The same way the Mongols conquering China did, the Macedonians assimilated much of their culture into that of Athenian , Philips son Alexander helped further Greek influence through his conquests, creating cities like Alexandria and turning much of the eastern Mediterranean into a bastion of the "western" world at the time. Not to mention Alexander was educated by Greek Philosipher Aristotle.
Constantinople was surrounded on all sides by a defensive wall and was well supplied, making it resistant to sieges. The Ottomans were only able to capture the city due to one of the city gates being left slightly ajar, allowing them to quickly bypass the wall and overrun the defenders.