The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there are no options attached, we can say the following.
The quote "Augustus could boast that he inherited it brick and left it marble" can best be determined to mean the following.
The quote can be understood as the capacity of teh "knack" few people have to turn some simple thing into a brilliant important one. For instance, a businessman buys a company that is doing poorly and purchases it at a very affordable price, and with the pass of time, this businessman turns the company into a success.
The same could be applied to a politician that gets to the office and inherit a city in poor economic conditions, with problems in education, crime, and other social issues. But the politician has the skills and leadership needed to turn the situation around and deliver great results.
Answer:
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country
Explanation:
Cataracts made parts of the riverbed to dry out. The shallows depth and rushing made the river impassable.
World War II was, as the name suggests, a global combat, led by two Military alliances: The Allies (The USA, Russia, the UK and China) and The Axis (Germany, Italy and Japan). It took place from 1939 to 1945. Deaths in this period are estimated between 50 to 80 million.
From 1945 to 1952 over 30 nations achieved independence, mainly from Asia and Africa. There was huge spending in colonies that were <em>poor and underdeveloped</em>, and after the war, there was a lot of reconstruction and recovery to be done by the countries, so not only was it an ideological but also financial break from imperial countries. If you take India, for example, Britain would spend over $1 Billion per year in India, money that could be spent in Britain's recovery from the war instead of a colony. So colonies were a great source of resources but also a big financial responsibility.
Summarizing, after the end of the war, imperial countries had to focus their spending in their own territory to recover from the war, which opened the road of decolonization. Not all processes of independence were peaceful. Some countries had to go through revolutions, as others needed only to sign agreements. However, World War II really opened the way for decolonization.
