They gained control over many byzantine trade routes. The first is your answer
Meanwhile, Sir Mordred<span> had found </span>Arthur<span>, his father, and told him what had happened. .... King </span>Arthur<span>soon fell ill over the conflict </span>between<span> Gawaine and Launcelot, ... incestuous </span>relationship<span> and because he attempted to marry his father's wife.</span>
In the 1760's Great Britain started imposing taxes on the colonies to pay off the French and Indian War. Colonists who didn't want to pay the taxes would smuggle goods in.
19: The Spanish conquered the Aztec lands.
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The United States of America is considered to be a representative democracy because American citizens elect officials serve as their representation in government. For example, a U.S. Senator. There are 100 Senators, 2 Senators representing each of the 50 States. Those Senators are elected by the inhabitants of their state for one reason; and that's because they will represent those inhabitants in government. This is why campaigning and appealing is so crucial to winning elected office; you want people to entrust you with the task of representing them.
A simpler way to imagine a representative democracy is like this:
Citizen ⇒ Representative ⇒ Government
The concept of a direct democracy differs from that of a representative democracy because unlike above, in which there is a "middleman" between the citizens and the government, there is no middleman in the case of a direct democracy. That is why it's "direct."