Answer: can you add more context?
Explanation:
There were many factors that allowed the Byzantine Empire to last a 1000 years after the end of the Roman Empire which include the fact that Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, was protected with walls that lasted almost the entire 1000 years, making Constantinople, and the center of the empire's economy/culture impervious to invaders.
The core Idea was manifest destiny. God gave us power so why not use it? Whenever we kicked mexico's behind we realized we could really accomplish this ambition