Certainly! Considering the land that was ruled by Philip II of Macedon extended far less, his son (Alexander) managed to conquer the middle east, Southeast Europe and a profound part of West Asia by 23! In addition, during his time, no other empire had stretched so far at all. He is a short-lived great of the history of Conquers...
I think in my opinion this expression mean that specially important in large countries ,where they are different regional interests.....
True , that answer is very true!!! :)
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-Kaden