Why did most merchants not travel the entire distance from china to the middle east to trade their goods?

a. difficult terrain
b. taxes
c. language barriers
d. all of the above

norsemen from northern countries had made earlier journeys

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts