Answer: A) Climate
Explanation: Until the mid-20th century the largest impediment to trade between area "1" and area "2" on the map was climate. The Sahara Desert was a major impediment to trade. True, there were Trans-Saharan trade routes for centuries, but there is no denying that the desert was an inconvenience at the very least.
Answer:
The Iliad and the Odyssey.
Explanation:
"The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" were two of the most read and famous epics about Greek culture and civilization. They present and revolve around the heroic acts of Greek kings and the wars they fought. The stories in them contain various aspects of Greek culture, most frequently their belief in hospitality even to strangers, their belief in gods and the divine, and also the presence of gods among mortals.
On the other hand, "The Mahabharata", "Ramayana" and <u>"The Epic of Gilgamesh"</u> aren't from a much different civilization. While the first two are from the Indian civilization, the third is from the <u>Mesopotamian civilization</u>, and therefore, they can't be a part of Greek identity.
Therefore,<u> the verses of the Iliad and the Odyssey were learned by heart and became a part of the everyday Greek identity.
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One such argument would be that <span>Investments by the upper class create lower-class jobs.
Although wealth gap is indeed a serious problem and needs to be dealt with, there are certain counter arguments which prove the opposite. This is one of them, given that upper classes invest a lot of money in the country so lower classes can work as well.
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