<span>Foreign aid is generally targeted at gaining influence in a region or dealingwith a problem that may impact on the United States. For example, military aidto Israel keeps USA influential in balance of power in the Middle East.</span>
On May 8, 1541, south of present-day Memphis, Tennessee, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto<span> reaches the Mississippi River, one of the first European explorers to ever do so.
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Some failures were the invasion of Canada, surrender of Detroit, British burned Washington, D.C.
One important impact of the Mongol expansion across Asia and Europe was the "<span>(2) rise in trade along the Silk Roads" but it should be noted there were others as well.</span>
