<span>Soon after gaining independence from Spain in 1821, Mexico opened its northern coastal region of California to foreign trade. American vessels from the east were soon engaged in lucrative commerce with the Californios, Californians of Spanish or Mexican descent. Offering such necessities as cooking utensils and boots, as well as luxuries such as brandy, the Americans reaped profits of 200 to 300 percent. In exchange, the Californios exported cowhides produced on their vast coastal ranches.</span>
Sir Fergus Graham Burtholme Millar FBA is a British historian and Camden Professor of Ancient History Emeritus, Oxford University. Millar numbers among the most influential ancient historians of the 20th century.
Answer:
D.
Explanation:
"to understand Mesopotamian agriculture"
It could be stated some of this was due to the start of the 2nd world war, but one of the bigger parts would be the smuggling of alcohol on the black market and the large amount of different religions, currently flooding in in such a large wave.
