It's roads to connect different parts of their empire. Just finished the test :)
(in this context I assume) famine means shortage sooo, I don't really know
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The Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution (Slovak: nežná revolúcia) was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 29 December 1989. ... On 27 November, a two-hour general strike involving all citizens of Czechoslovakia was held.
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Thomas Paine arrived in the American colonies in 1774, as the conflict between aggrieved colonists and Britain was reaching its height. After the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, Paine argued that the colonists' cause should be not just a revolt against taxation but a demand for independence.