The correct answer should be 1. East. They found a way to go through the Mediterranean sea into the Arabian Gulf and from there into the Indian Ocean, which allowed them to land on the eastern coast of Africa and establish trading stations for resting or reorganizing or fixing ships or things like that.
<span>The southern tip of India and the island of the southeast coast of India, formerly known as Ceylon and today known as Sri Lanka, it's also part of the Indian subcontinent. It was the region shown in light blue in the second map of source. The geographic feature that limited northward expansion was the Himalaya Mountains.</span>
<span>Cetshwayo led the resistance movement against the
French in Western Africa. During the years 1872 to 1879 he was the king of the
Zulu Kingdom. He led the Anglo-Zulu War during 1879 and since then his nation
has been known as the nation who got their victory in the Battle of Isandlwana.</span>
I think c. to increase land available for farming is the correct answer.
When farmers grow plants, the plants use up the fertility of the land, thus more and more trees and rain forests are cut down to support farmers' needs for land.
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