the Mexican government believed they would benefit because they would get more land and more profit
The Louisiana Purchase was actually a pretty shady deal. Jefferson bought it from the french without the approval of the people. His goal was that he wanted to expand the territory of the U.S. Previously the american people wouldn't go past the mountain range for fear of foreign colonies and native Americans. This purchase also ended up opening a trade route from coast to coast. While technically Lewis and Clarke went farther than they were supposed to, there was no one that could really contest them.
Answer:
China's civilization did not die out but continues today
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China's civilization is the oldest continuous civilization in the world.
Explanation:
Gold Trade and the Kingdom of Ancient Ghana
<span>Around the fifth century, thanks to the availability of the camel, Berber-speaking people began crossing the Sahara Desert. From the eighth century onward, annual trade caravans followed routes later described by Arabic authors with minute attention to detail. Gold, sought from the western and central Sudan, was the main commodity of the trans-Saharan trade. The traffic in gold was spurred by the demand for and supply of coinage. The rise of the </span>Soninke empire of Ghana<span> appears to be related to the beginnings of the trans-Saharan gold trade in the fifth century.
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It seems the other answers didn't really look at Islamic art. Christianity and western art in general allows for depiction of people--saints, holy men and women, children, etc. Islamic art does not allow for the depiction of people. There's an emphasis in Islamic art on geometric form, murals, and vegetation. Animals are rare in Islamic art, but you can occasionally find a piece that incorporates one.</span>
