C. Inevitable
They were going to need to expand any way because they were running out of room on the East coast
<span>The construction of the trans-siberian railroad support Russia's growing cities by providing farmers with the means to transport agricultural products. It has a length of 9289 km achieving as the longest railway in the world connecting Moscow, Russian Far East, Mongolia, China and North Korea.</span>
First European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa. Bartolomeu Dias<span>(Portuguese pronunciation: [baɾtuluˈmew ˈdi.ɐʃ]; Anglicized: </span>Bartholomew Diaz<span>; c. 1450 – 29 May 1500), a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer.</span>