<em>C. </em>Catherine the Great was the russian tsar that transformed the royal residence in St. Petersburg, the Hermitage, into a center of culture, painting, and the performing arts.
The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that connected the East to the West
In colonial Mexico, it was the "Peninsulares" who held the highest positions in the colonial administration and Catholic Church, since this were generally not available to people of "mixed" blood. <span>
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