<span>It is where horses were domesticated. Hope this helps you out (though it's a little late) ^-^
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Francis Wilkinson Pickens was a political Democrat and Governor of South Carolina when that state became the first to secede from the U.S.A.
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•Both Japan and Germany were dissatisfied with their positions in the international power structure. Both expanded their territories through force, causing tensions with other powers.
•However, Japanese leaders felt that they were not being treated as an equal power on the world stage because of racism, while Germans felt that they were being treated unfairly because of their defeat in World War I.
<span>•Japan's initial conquests were driven primarily by a desire to acquire raw materials and other resources, whereas Germany's were driven primarily by strategic rivalries with neighboring powers.</span>
The major physical feature that you would have to cross in order to reach this destination would be the Appalachian Mountains, since these were so large that they discouraged travel to this region for quite some time. <span />