It was in Roman territory which was filled with cultural diffusion. Rome tolerated all religions as long as people payed taxes to the emperor to keep the peace. The emperor allowed other culture and religion so there wouldn't be an revolts against their own people. Later on a bad emperor Nero blamed Christians for a fire which changed things which led to the fall of Rome. Hope this helped!
Besides the Europeans, Japanese and the Americans used to colonize Southeast Asian countries as well. Southeast Asians were under the European powers because Asian empires and kingdom declined while the Europeans became stronger. ... During the colonial period, colonial powers had a significant effect on Southeast Asia
Mills vs. Board of Education was a lawsuit filed against the District of Columbia in the early 70s. The lawsuit was on the behalf of 7 disabled children who were denied access to a public school education because it was thought that their needs were too great for them to be able to be educated in a public school setting (it was also said by the Board that it would be too expensive to educate them).