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The growth of the Industrial Revolution depended on the ability to transport raw materials and finished goods over long distances. There were three main types of transportation that increased during the Industrial Revolution: waterways, roads, and railroads. ... The roads also improved immensely during this time period.
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An abundance of natural resources including Salt and Gold minerals.
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It refers to an economic model that uses the market to allocate resources, but in which the State intervenes to regulate its operation, incorporates elements of the free market economy and the planned economy, or a proposal in which property coexists deprived of capitalism and the collective property of socialism (in general, and not exclusively, state or public) in order to include broader social considerations in an economic system, for example, ethics, social justice, social welfare, sustainable management of environment, etc.
Under Cyrus the Great, the Persians allowed the peoples they conquered to continue their lives and cultures. They could keep their customs and religion as long as they paid their taxes and obeyed the Persian rulers. This was different from how earlier conquerors such as the Assyrians had ruled.