During the 1980s, profit from the sale of weapons to Iran was used to stop the communists in Costa Rica.
start a proxy war in El Salvador.
support the Contras in Nicaragua.
stage a coup d’état in Guatemala.

i believe it was the shinto

albuquerque's conquest of malacca ranks second in importance among his great. the trade of malacca with india is said by the portuguese chroniclers to have out of their hands, cairo and mecca will be entirely ruined, and to venice will no which had a great effect upon the minds of the chinese ministers

the geography of greece

led to limited interactions with other cultures in the mediterranean

was rich in natural resources and led to repeated invasions from the macedonians

encouraged greater contact with peoples on the southern and eastern mediterranean coasts

caused the greeks to eventually relocate eastward under alexander the great