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<span>What happened during the Industrial Revolution?The introduction of new technology in manufacture (initially thetextile industries) hugely raised productivity per worker andgenerated ever-increasing returns for investment in ongoing capitalinvestment. Advances in transport facilitated distribution of bothmanufactured goods and foodstuffs for growing urban populations.Living standards improved as average per capita income tripled inthe more developed regions in the century to 1914 and improvednutrition, health and medicine doubled world population. Gains inliteracy and education combined with technological innovation tocreate the first mass media.</span>
<span>The island of Crete is located in the center of the eastern Mediterranean at the crossroads of Africa, Asia, and Europe. It measures about 200 Km from east to west, and between 12 to 58 Km from north to south at its narrowest and widest distances, making it one of the largest islands in the Mediterranean sea.</span>
A. Social Activities of the Coastal Plains B. Economic Factors of the Central Plains C. Characteristics of the Mountains. D. Basins Climate of the Great Plains
C
