In the period of the Sui Dynasty (581-618 AD), Chang’an before was named Daxing. However, in a later time, the city got new reformations and innovations and was renamed Chang’an by the Tang dynasty administrators which then served as the Tang capital until its collapse in 904 AD.
This ancient imperial capital was the eastern commencement point of the Silk Road. The Silk Road has been of an enormous importance to the trade and cultural exchange to Xi’an (formerly Chang’an) as well as important crossroads for people from entire China, middle east, Rome, and Central Asia. The city thus developed into a hub of diverse ethnic recognition and religious beliefs.
In addition to the above, the tang dynasty manifested a tremendous cultural and religious fluorescence when it grew into a Buddhist learning center and also Taoism, attracting many pilgrims, and other scholars as well as philosophers. This didn’t end only with Buddhism, many other faith denominations emerged such as Nestorian Christianity, Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism, and later Islam.
therefore, the factors that made the tang cipital of Chang'an a center of culture and trade were mainly A and C; It welcomed foreigners and their beliefs, it was located at one end of the silk Road.
A. freshwater fishing.
my reasoning:
Inside the Middle East, most countries have large supplies of oil, (which helps make the countries rich as they are today because of oil demands), which takes out the options C & D. The Middle East, is located within the Sahara desert, and so can contribute to desert research (B) as well.
So A, is your most logical choice.
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The correct answer is true.
Visualization has been proven to help people achieve their goals. Effective visualization will allow the person to decrease stress, gain confidence, overcome mental obstacles, and override limiting beliefs that would otherwise prevent them from reaching their desired outcome.
Some of the benefits of river Nile is that it has very fertile flood plains resulting from seasonal floods along the banks. But although Nile river has countless benefits or advantages. Such as:
Used for washing cloths
transportation
Irrigation
farming
And reeds that grew along the banks called papyrus. They are used for writing thing in the ancient times.
Answer:
Being a form of dishonesty, political corruption implies that those who are entrusted with power over people, here the Russian czar family over, become influenced by others who seek to satisfy their own gain, here Rasputin. While, it may not necessarily harm the people at all times, political corruption creates a channel of influence over the the political figures, which would most likely to be abused but the third parties.
In particular, Rasputin was accused of taking financial bribes and saxual favors from third party actors in order to exercise his power of the czar family and thus help these actors to get what they were seeking.
