The Northern Pacific Railroad was charter by the government for connecting the Great Lakes with Puget Sound. Migration of people to a new region and beginning their life with opening new lands for ranching, farming, logging (woodcutting) and mining. It also connected Washington and Oregon with the rest of the country that led to an open market in larger extend.
This was the result of Byzantine culture. It was in the Byzantine Empire that the
Orthodox Church was established. They adopted the Greek alphabet and it spread
through their missionary work. Many
Eastern European countries adopted the East Orthodox Church among them was
Russia.