It was in ruins and needed reconstruction.
1. malaria 2. rivers had terrible waterfalls..too dangerous...until the steam engine was invented it was incredibly dangerous 3. deserts....they didn't know how to travel through the deserts and find an oasis which made it very difficult to travel through
They wanted to prevent imperialism so the first goal was to establish a new balance of power in Europe.
Answer:
Answer number 2 is the correct answwr
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