A or B I just did this, ummm yea, cause she became a monk for the rest of her life converting people to monk and making the places where monks live.
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The name of the large arc of farmland that includes Mesopotamia is the "Fertile Crescent," since this area was especially fertile and highly conducive to crop growth.
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To stop communism from spreading to the west.
It gave the North a military advantage.