The development of the 4. Mesopotamian civilization was influenced most directly by the Tigris River, the Zagros Mountains, and the Syrian Desert. Termed the Fertile Crescent, the stretch of land in the Near East bounded by the above geographical features allowed for easy agriculture leading to the growth of cities in what became Mesopotamia.
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Option: d. advanced the cause of a southern route for the transcontinental railroad.
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In 1853, James Gadsden bought a strip of land from Mexican for $10 million. The Gadsden Purchase was a treaty in which the United States got some land from Mexico present Arizona and New Mexico. The purpose of this land was to build a railroad to California called the southern transcontinental railroad.