Answer: Maps,you had to buy maps to find your way to places.We needed a more portable way to find a location.
Messaging,you had to send letters to people,and you would never know when they would be received.We had the need to talk to people from different places.
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Tom
Explanation: Subject answers to a question Who? So in this case Tom is the one that did something, aka offered you a piece of cake.
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A synecdoche is naming the whole based on part. A or C fit this well.
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Odysseus sends some of his men to explore the island and they run into to not-so-humble Laestrygonians who are cannibals and eat his exploring men.
Explanation:
Why are you asking about this