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Explain: the author includeds alexanders reaction to titus's death to show the ups and down of her challenge in becoming a free african american. the author does this to show how it was not easy but she was still able to push through it. for example in the text he states "and it was then you nearly gave up the gamble". which shows alexander almost lost faith throughout her journey. referring to "gamble" as her future. in the beginning of the text she says she likes gambling because it makes her feel as if her future had something bright in it that couldnt be stopped or taken away by white people.
The Guptas lost power because they had a substantial loss of territory and imperial authority caused by their past feudal system and the invasion of the Huna peoples from Central Asia. However, these factors all played in and their were many reasons why the Guptas lost power. After the collapse of the empire, India was ruled again by many regional powers before and a small line of the empire continued to rule a portion of their ex-empire before being ousted.