Answer:
B. contained many Greek-speaking regions.
Explanation:
The Mauryan Empire substituted the former Magadha Kingdom to assert dominance over large parts of northern India. At its height, the empire stretched across modern Iran in the west to the Gangetic plains of India in East and covers almost the entire subcontinent. Chandragupta Maurya acquired territories from the Greek general of Alexander named Seleucus Nikator in exchange for Indian elephants. The ambassador of Seleucus Nikator, Megasthenes who lived at the court of Maurya in Pataliputra. The communication channels also imply the fact that the Mauryan kingdom was connected to the western Greek world.
Answer:
A)To connect the Atlantic and Pacific for military and merchant reasons
Explanation:
The 17th amendment was ratified in 1913. So before the ratification, the senators were chosen by the states legislature, but after the ratification it was a popular vote that disided the senator.
The south approved slavery because slaves were useful to them on their cotton farms. However, after the invention of cotton gin many saw that they didn’t need to slaves to work for them on the cotton fields anymore as it was easier to own a machine which would do the work instead. They saw the slaves as pointless and impractical after the invention.
