the correct answer is: "Babylon"
Babylon was an ancient city of Lower Mesopotamia. It gained its independence after the period of the Sumerian Renaissance, although there are mentions to its existence from as early as Sargon of Akkad. After much time witnessing the struggles between the regional states of Isin, Larsay Ešnunna, Babylon gradually became a regional power, first replacing the role they had Akkad or Kiš to later become the capital of a vast empire under the mandate of Hammurabi (XVIII century BC). Since then it has become a great political, religious and cultural center. Even in Hellenistic times, already stripped of its second empire and fallen into disgrace in front of other large cities such as Persepolis, Alexander the Great wanted to make it his capitalh
•The spread of the bubonic plague from central Asia into Europe decimated the populations but increased opportunities for the survivors.
•An enormous variety of new consumer goods, agriculture, weaponry, religion, and medical science became available in Europe.
• New diplomatic channels between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East were opened.
•Russia became unified for the first time.
Answer: B) The success of the Spanish-American War and the colonies received from that victory.
The Spanish-American War was a war between the United States and Spain in 1898. The main issue at play in this conflict was that of Cuban independence. The U. S. backed the Cuban rebels that seeked independence. The public was greatly influenced by a media campaign of anti-Spanish sentiments.
The United States eventually emerged victorious, and this meant the loss of the last remnants of the Spanish Empire, which was a great shock to Spain. However, the U. S. gained several territorial possessions, fuelling an interest in expansionism.
Answer:
He wasn't sure what really happened.
Explanation:
Walter Lord was among those involved in the wreck of a large ship known as Titanic.
It was made known that, the six lookouts, that was the people monitoring the movement and watching the route the ship was following, did not known that the side of the ship had hit the iceberg because they saw that the front of the ship was okay.
This did not make them to raise the alarm until the ship was beginning to sink.
That was why also, Walter Lord was reluctant or delay to add the quotation to his account.
