Who created the military districts shown here

Southern governments which wanted to  rebuild their cities after the war.

The Republican Congress built up military areas in the South and utilized Army work force to oversee the locale until new governments faithful to the Union—that acknowledged the Fourteenth Amendment and the privilege of freedmen to cast a ballot—could be set up.

These military districts were built up in the southern part of the country and they were built till the time the new government came up in the region and gave the region the right to vote.

it's a secular holiday. it is and was a custom developed to recognize the ending of a time and a wish for a good future. the kind of kiss you exchange, if you are single, is intended to predict what kind of year you will have in the coming year.

it is saying good bye to the last year with all its ups and downs, and hello to the new year, with all its hopes and dreams.

adopted the practice of proskynesis, a persian court custom that involved bowing down and kissing the hand of others, depending on their rank.