In alliance with the Medes, Persians, Scythians and Cimmerians, they sacked the city of Nineveh in 612 BC, and the seat of empire was transferred to Babylonia for the first time since the death of Hammurabi in the mid 18th century BC.
Effectively Doubled The Size of The United States. Louisiana Purchase summary: The United States bought 828,000 square miles of land from France in 1803. The French controlled this region from 1699 until 1762 when it became Spanish property because France gave it to Spain as a present, since they were allies.
(CNSNews.com) - A yearlong celebration of the 200th anniversary of America's Louisiana Purchase began Thursday with historians reflecting on the momentous deal in which Thomas Jefferson bought roughly 800,000 square miles from France's Napoleon Bonaparte for $15 million-less than three cents an acre.