During the cold war many countries joined the non-aligned movement in order to:
(apex)

avoid being dominated by either the united states or the soviet union

avoid being dominated by either the United States or the Soviet Union.

Explanation:

The Non-Aligned Movement was done by countries to try and keep their political neutrality in the Cold War. The meeting in Belgrade in 1961 made the principles regarding their cooperation and internal politics. Some of those principles would be to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations or abstention from intervention or interference in the internal affairs of another country.

in 550 b.c.e. cyrus the great, the leader of the persians, conquered the medes and united the iranian people under one ruler for the first time. cyrus became the first king of the persian empire and went on to establish one of the largest empires in world.

d

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