Such moves open up plethora of options, such as the choice of venue for capital-raising, notably whetherat home or overseas, and where overseas, or the choice between separatelisting of individual affiliates versus the corporation as a whole.
Relatively new countries, however vast, are unlikely to be credited with as many "firsts" as ancient civilizations like China or little ol' Europe, so Mr. Robertson has provided a separatelisting for the first American example under most entries.