The map shows the Silk Road. A map of the Silk Road. A key shows Land routes in orange and Sea routes in blue. Orange lines go from the southern coast of China north then turn west across central China and Persia. Blue lines in the Indian Ocean follow the coastline from central Africa, Arabia up to Egypt, Persia, India, and China. A blue line also crosses the Mediterranean Sea.

Which statement correctly describes trade along the Silk Road?

Trade did not reach Africa.
Trade was done only via rivers.
Trade reached three continents.
Trade was heaviest in the Mediterranean.

the triple alliance. germany and austria-hungary were already allies by 1879 when, worried about a threat from russia, they formed the dual alliance. italy joined the group in 1882. there was a concern about a possible attack from france and the alliance needed powerful friends to defend it.

monopolies  came to the united states with the colonial administration. the large-scale public works needed to make the new world hospitable to old world immigrants required large companies to carry them out. these companies were granted exclusive contracts for these works by the colonial administrators. even after the american revolution, many of these colonial holdovers still functioned due to the contracts and land

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