Greek and roman are root words in many lang because... the Romans adopted Christianity and had a large empire, a lot of Christians had to learn roman if there area was taken over <span />
World war 1 broke out in 1914 because a group of Serbian nationalists (The Black Hand) assassinated the duke of Austria-Hungary. Austria -Hungary threatened Serbia with a bunch of wishes that they wanted Serbia to due for them. Due to the treaty between Serbia and Russia, Serbia said no. Germany, who had a treaty with Austria-Hungary threatened to attack if Russia mobilized its army. Russia did and Germany invaded Belgium. This brought Great Britain and France into the war.
Gasden Purchase--the strip of land purchased from Mexico in 1853 was negotiated by James Gasden.
The US wanted this strip of land to complete the southern branch of the Transcontinental Railroad. Gasden was the minister to Mexico and sent to negotiate the purchase of the land as well as create a final border agreement with Mexican president, Santa Anna. The land was purchased for $10 million and settled the US-Mexico border.
The Muslims faith benefited the entire region during their golden age when the Sufi missionaries spread Islam which brought messages to different regions around the world. Some of the principal locations were Ancient Mesopotamia, Persia, North Africa, and Central Asia.
The constitutional convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The constitution is the Law of the land.