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the USS monitor won against the CSS Virginia because it was faster.
the CSS Virginia was made from the hull of the sunken USS Merrimack.
A good book on it is called "big bad ironclad" it is a comic book I reccomend it if you want to learn more.
Vladimir Lenin was famous he was a dictator in another country if that helps.
The Muslims faith benefited the entire region during their golden age when the Sufi missionaries spread Islam which brought messages to different regions around the world. Some of the principal locations were Ancient Mesopotamia, Persia, North Africa, and Central Asia.
The answer is - between Europe, Africa and Asia.
The Byzantine Empire had a territory that was spreading on parts of this three continents, more specifically, it had parts of the edges of this three continents which were trading roots both on land and on sea for centuries before. So the Byzantine Empire took advantage of it and grew enormously in power and wealth because it had control over these trading roots.
