George Whitefield was an English cleric (priest) of the Anglican Church who contributed to the Great Awakening in 1740 in America. He traveled through the colonies and preached and was very popular, drawing also a lot of media attention (newspapers at the time).
Greece is covered by mountains.
pros
1. the isolation of the people by the mountains allowed people to establish their own ideas and values ultimately leading to city states such as Athens and Sparta.
2. mountains make a harder battle field, hence most attacks on Greece were from the medditeranean sea.
cons
1. because of the isolation of people by the mountains many city states had contrasting ideas on government and art.
<span>One of the main tools used by Ivan III was his trickery in the diplomatic process by forging treaties he had no intention on keeping. He arranged a very important marriage to Sophia that forged his claim to the throne. He also used diplomacy to weaken the mongols in the west and in the east.</span>