Why abraham took the long way to the western cities of shechem, hebron, and beersheba instead of just traveling west through the arabian desert.

Abraham maybe chose the longer way to get to his desired destinations, but he for sure chose the safer way to them. He chose the longer way because of the harsh conditions of the Arabian desert. It is a vast, hostile desert, where sandstorms are very common and deadly, and food and water are almost impossible to find. Also, on the Arabian Peninsula, in this period of time, there was still and active chain of volcanoes, so traveling through the desert was pretty much suicide.

dirty, contaminated water

contaminated food,

chlostrophobic living spaces,

mice infestation,

etc,

abraham lincoln, according to anyone who was connected with agriculture, represented the worst of northern politicians. shortly after lincoln was elected, south carolina seceded from the union. they along with other southern states, retained their anger. in a way, it was their own fault: the democrats were split in the south. some wanted slavery to be extended in other states that were about to join the union and some didn't want it badly enough. lincoln had a solid backing from his party: the republicans were united in not wanting slavery to be expanded.