Battlefield 2 performed particularly well on Steam, as EA specifically devoted a lot of resources to make PC players happy, unlike other publishers who simply port a title from console to PC with little thought for extra tools or features.

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The project consists of three mines holding 7.92 billion tons of coal resources, a planned 300 mile railway capable of carrying 60 million tons annually, and a port built to the same capacity at Abbot Point on Australia's Great Barrier Reef coast.

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The first was the discovery of the New World and the decision to give the port of Seville in the south exclusive rights to all the goods, notably silver, imported from the vast resources opening up in South America.

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