2 points What development, which began before the passage above was written,
allowed Europeans to obtain the products of East Asia?*
"Hangzhou, China, has) ten principal markets [They are all squares of
half a mile to the side, and along their front passes the main street, which is
40 paces in width, and runs straight from end to end of the city, crossing many
bridges of easy and commodious [convenient) approach. ... So also parallel
to this great street, but at the back of the market places, there runs a very large
canal, on the bank of which towards the squares are built great houses of stone,
in which the merchants from India and other foreign parts store their wares, to
be handy for the markets. In each of the squares is held a market three days in
the week, frequented by 40,000 or 50,000 persons."
Marco Polo, The Travels of Marco Polo, c. 1300
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The Tang Dynasty expended into the Middle East, so the trade routes between Europe
and Africa were under one ruler,
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Chinese dynasties, such as the Tang and the Song, grew stronger, so long-distance
trade could be conducted with less risk.
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With the defeat of the Islamic caliphates, Europeans were able to establish direct
contact with the Tang and the Song dynasties,
New maritime technology allowed for ocean-going ships to establish trade routes
from Asia to Europe via Southern Africa,

The development that allowed Europeans to obtain the products of East Asia was the:

New maritime technology allowed for ocean-going ships to establish trade routes  from Asia to Europe via Southern Africa.

Explanation:

As part of this new maritime technology with the building of steamboats and engines, the development of large canal systems made it very possible for trade to flourish even to the hinterlands of the East Asian countries. Trade was also eased with the building of large warehouses at the banks of the canals and markets.

the word backwards "backwards" is the n word

explanation:

the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.