The usual answer is that control of the sea trade was wrestled by Britain in a sequence of fierce Anglo-Dutch wars 1652-84. However, one can easily make the case that the Dutch won in this conflict. In 1688 they made a large scale invasion of England, and installed their own prince on the British...

Who were the people that practised this. What type of religion was this.- Did it involve sacrifices or other types of acts. When Christianity came, what happened to the people involved in this religion.

In President Wilson's "Four Principles" Congressional Address of February 11, 1919, Wilson argued that: "Every territorial settlement involved in this war must be made in the interest and for the benefit of the populations concerned." Was this advice adhered to with regard to the Arab world duri...