What was the purpose of the $12 billion spent by the US government as part of the Marshall Plan?

The Marshall Plan was put in place by the U.S. government to help fund the reconstruction and building of Western Europe, and later any Eastern European countries that broke away from the Communist Bloc. This money also was used to fund food, clothing, and other needed materials by Western Berliners and Western Germany.

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mali had been a state inside of the ghanaian empire. after ghana fell because of invading forces and internal disputes, mali rose to greatness under the leadership of a legendary king named sundiata, the "lion king." the songhai empire, already weakened by internal political struggles, went into decline.

for many centuries there were important factors which the economies of the muslim empires developed increasingly. they applied economic procedures in production, investment, finance, taxation and property. they used to tax certain goods (for example: harvest), they charged interest on money lent, they signed contracts with merchants; they relied on a common currency, and they used checks as well as promissory notes. with the money collected by means of taxation, the government provided the needy with an income. in addition, trading networks covered huge distances, so far regions started to have contact and exchange goods. this trade network covered areas of asia, africa and europe.