Communism
For example, land was owned by the state in the Soviet Union.
In the battle of Fredericksberg, there were a total of 17,730 casualties.
The Checks and Balances Kees the president in charge. Especially Judicially.
Tropical Storm Katrina, and it made landfall between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as a category 1 hurricane (a storm that, on the Saffir-Simpson scale, exhibits winds in the range of 74–95 miles per hour [119–154 km per hour]). Sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (115 km per hour) lashed the Florida peninsula, and rainfall totals of 5 inches (13 cm) were reported in some areas. The storm spent less than eight hours over land. It quickly intensified when it reached the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Lots of civil wars and the invasions of barbarians like the huns and other tribes brought down the empire since the senator could not get along and refused to fix the problem.