Access to the Pacific Ocean, it could be used as protection from invasion or used as a trade route to the Eastern Hemisphere. <span>Just think of Alaska (and it is just one of many examples): </span>
<span>Oil </span>
<span>Fishing industry </span>
<span>Forests for lumber </span>
<span>Gold </span>
<span>If Seward had not purchased Alaska from the Russians in the 1860's the cold war would have been a little more heated.</span>
The region also had many sizable towns. Thus, northern Italy was urban while the rest of Europe was still mostly rural. Since cities are often places where people exchange ideas, they were an ideal breeding ground for an intellectual revolution.
the answer is c, not a or d.
Answer:
B It strengthened the economy.
Explanation:
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