The Black Sea was the waterway most controlled by the Byzantine Empire during its height and most of its existence. Constantinople which is nowadays know as Istanbul was the capital city of the empire and it was located in the Bosphorus strait, which is the connecting link between Mediterranean Sea and the Black sea.
That geographical area was a strategic point for commercial routes between Europe and Asia, and it was also military disputed due to be considered the entrance to Europe for eastern invaders.
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The Renaissance with its emphasis on human nature brought a new perspective to art. Painters did paint religious themes for churches and their patrons, but these paintings were qualitatively different from what had gone before. They also turned to nature and to portraits of famous and not so famous people.
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A design dictated by function may be protected by a <u>utility patent.</u> Utility patents are those new and improved products, processes, or machines that someone created and has the rights to. Given that this is a "patent for invention," nobody else but the owner can make, use, or sell that particular product without the creator's consent.
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The drafting and signing of the Declaration of Indepdence and (later) the Articles of Confederation
Explanation: Even without the answer choices, those were the most prominent actions of the Congress, one of these is the correct answer.
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The transcontinental railroad
the discovery of gold in the west
wide availability of farmland
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