The Mesopotamians made many technological discoveries. They were the first to use the potter's wheel to make better pottery, they used irrigation to get water to their crops, they used bronze metal (and later iron metal) to make strong tools and weapons, and used looms to weave cloth from wool.
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.
D shorter enlistments for colonial troops
Well the South remember seceded completely, meaning they weren't part of the United States at all. Reconstruction allowed them back in, along with help from the 10% plan. The plan allowed the states and their governments back in as long as 10% of the population swore allegiance to the Union.
I'm 90% sure that they protested to the taxes