Why do you think belgium, which was not a large military power, was able to gain control of a size-able portion of central africa

Belgium´s King Leopold II was very interested in obtaining a colony for Belgium. At the time of Germany´s appearence as a world power, the Berlin Conference of 1884-5 was held, at which the colonial powers gave  a corporation controlled by Leopold a territory of about 900,000 square miles known as "Congo Free State". Scandals related to the very bad treatment of workers under the rule of the corporation brought international pressure that forced Leopold to end his personal rule of the territory which was then annexated to Belgium as a colony.

the dust bowl, otherwise known as the dirty thirties, was a huge dust storm that killed multiple (and i mean  multiple) farmer's crops, leaving them homeless, and foodless, and jobless. in california, there were 5.7 million residents, and the population shrank as mexicans were repatriated. however, when the dustbowl happened, a lot of people began to move to california. by 1940, 250,000 people had arrived. therefore, your answer would be  the population increased, massively.  i hope this !

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president carter called the victims of kidnapping "victims of terrorism and anarchy" and added that the united states was not going to give in to blackmail. in the united states, they see hostage-taking as an outrage on the part of the islamist movement that violated the principle of international law on the immunity and inviolability of diplomats and their embassies.

carter refused to yield to the demands, khomeini used the situation to consolidate his power and nullify the challenges of the moderate wing of his government, headed by its president. the euphoria over the humiliation of the most powerful nation distracted the iranian people from the economic difficulties of their country. carter, in april 1980, broke diplomatic relations with iran and imposed a trade embargo, except medicine and food. iranian funds in the us they were frozen and accounted for to compensate the hostages when they were released and to pay the demands of us companies against iran.