The best option would be that Vasco da Gama "<span>b. was the first European to round the southern tip of Africa," since he was the first to find a sea route to India, which many European countries wanted to establish. </span>
The Russians wanted to expand their terroritory
Schongauer establishes the technique of “cross hatching” or using lines in two directions to indicate volume and shape.
The most powerful person in ancient Egypt was the pharaoh. The pharaoh was the political and religious leader of the Egyptian people, holding the titles: 'Lord of the Two Lands' and 'High Priest of Every Temple'. As 'Lord of the Two Lands' the pharaoh was the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt.
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