Seven young extremists from the area decided to assassinate the Archduke to protest Austrian control.

VOA: special.2010.09.30

Remember Egypt had control of this area but their grasp was weakening with the flood of people coming in from the sea and other migrations Their hold was weakening and the Hebrews would have been able to take advantage of that and enter in and occupy areas in the central highlands.

记住埃及曾控制这一地区但是它的控制逐渐削弱,由于人们从海上涌入及来其他地方的移民,他们的控制逐渐削弱,希伯来人将会利用这一点,他们进入并且占领了中央的高地。

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No. And the reason was in the northern part of Italy, there were Etruscans, another powerful ancient people who control their own area and were not about to have anybody colonizing their territory.

没有,因为意大利北部,居住着伊特鲁里亚人,另一个古代强大的民族,他们控制自己的疆域,并且不允许任何殖民者侵略他们的领土

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"Our leadership in the area of arms control and non-proliferation is of such profound global concern that that is at the top of the list.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

So control of these international highways brought a great deal of wealth to the area, but the central location was a double-edged sword, because in times of peace it would bring prosperity, but, of course, in times of war the land was perpetually invaded as armies would crisscross the land going off to do battle with the great powers.

对这些国际要道的控制,给这个地区带来了大量的财富，但这处于中心的地理位置也如同一把双刃剑，因为在和平时期它带来繁荣，但，在战乱时期，这块土地常常被侵略,当军队在此刀刃相交,或者经过与强国征战。

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