The communist regime of USSR led by Gorbachev was no longer willing to intervene in the eastern countries, in a time that the countries were facing increasing pressure for freedom and liberties. The success of some early uprising in countries like Hungary endeared other countries to follow suit.
The North relied mostly on industry for income but the South was almost all agricultural. Without the slaves they didn't have many people left to work the land.
Answer:
(C.) Trans-Saharan trade routes were primarily land based; the Silk Road was both land and sea based
Explanation:
They got showered in gold and riches
