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I am almost certain that the answer is as follows:
Country A: Confederation (because the states have final authority, but they are all in alliance together with some form of a central government)
Country B: Federation (because the central government has final authority, but there is still a collection of states).
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The phrase 'looking for' means to search or hunt for something that is required.
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<em><u>The Erie Canal helped to launch the consumer economy.</u></em>
Explanation:
Farmers could grow wheat in western New York, sell it and have cash to buy furniture and clothing shipped up the canal that they otherwise would have made at home,” Kelly says. “That was the first inklings of the consumer economy.”
For most of the recorded history, or more specifically till around the period of the expansion of the Arabian Empire, it was a relative unknown for most of the the other countries. It is not that the others didn't knew the region, but the region was not of interest of any of the other countries so it was left mostly unexplored. This was due to several reasons:
- The landscape; it was and still is a desert dominated region, so it was dangerous and unattractive for most people.
- The population; there was a very small population which was predominantly nomadic so it was not of great use for the foreign countries.
- Scarcity of resources; Arabia lacked any significant resources that can increase an interest in the region, and the biggest problem of all was the lack of water since the Arabian Peninsula doesn't have a single constant river flow.
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