Why were the Portuguese and the Spanish the first to establish a permanent presence in the East, Africa, the Caribbean and the South America? In other words, why the Portuguese and Spanish and not other powers such as the Germans, Italians, Ottomans, French or English? ​

polisit can also mean a body of citizens. in modern historiography, polis is normally used to indicate the ancient greek city-states, like classical athens and its contemporaries, and thus is often translated as "city-state". the body of citizens came to be the most important meaning of the term polis in ancient greece.

abraham was promised great blessings by god, both to himself and his family, including all of his descendants. those blessings are called the abrahamic covenant.

the abrahamic covenant bible story has three main features:

1. the promised land of canaan (gen 12: 1) (gen 15: 7).

2. the promise of offspring to a 75-year-old childless abraham (genesis 12: 2) (gen 15: 4-6) (gen 17: 6-8).

3. the promise of blessings and redemption to abraham and the families of the earth through him. (genesis 12: 3).

finally, god gave abraham the rite of circumcision as the specific sign of the abrahamic covenant (genesis 17: 9–14).

he said they would ensure there dominace in the new world meaning anyone who lived there and anyone there would be controlled by columbus as he would dominate the country and defeat them by being the biggest empire in the new world

it would weaken the prestige of japan’s military.