Answer: The United States had taken possession of the Philippines (as well as Guam and Puerto Rico) in 1898, after winning the Spanish-American War. Thus US interest in Asia was heightened.
At the same time, other nations had begun competing for "spheres of influence" in trade access with China.
Further detail:
The Open Door policy was issued by the United States in 1899-1900 as a series of dispatches from the US Secretary of State to other nations that had trading interests in China -- Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, and Russia. The policy reasserted earlier agreements that all countries should have equal access to ports in China, without undue preference to "spheres of influence" for one nation or another. The United States was seeking to maintain an equal footing with other nations in the access to trade in China.
To be a freed slave, being born in Rome, and by naturalization (by petitioning for citizenship of foreign-born)
I'm going to keep it short, mainly because my fingers are starting to hurt really bad. The Israelites understood and agreed with the prophets teachings about God. They even followed the instructions, but after a while, they started to drift away from doing the instructions the prophets taught. Then when they noticed that their God was mad at them for not following instructions, they'd ask for forgiveness and keep it again, then drift away. It's like a cycle, you know?
Hope this helps! :)
In North Africa, you will fly an enchantment cover over the Sahara Desert, which traverses the entire best of the landmass, the distance from Sinai, where Moses was given the Ten Commandments, over the Nile, the longest waterway on the planet, home of the Pharaohs, to the Pillars of Hercules (now called the Strait of Gibraltar). The Sahara ranges from the remains of Carthage, which was decimated by Rome, to Timbuktu, the antiquated capital of the Songhai Empire.
As you turn south, the land develops lavish with wilderness, and you enter the Congo Rainforest, revolved around the Congo River, home of the Bantu individuals. The mouth of the Congo River was the focal point of the slave exchange courses from Africa over the Atlantic Ocean.
On the eastern drift, you will see the Horn of Africa, isolating the Gulf of Aden from the Arabian Sea. Somewhat inland starting there is the Roof of Africa, the good countries found in focal Ethiopia, managed by the relatives of the Queen of Sheba. The most noteworthy mountain in Africa is Mount Kilimanjaro, on the southern edge of those mountains.
