Africa did not have early civilization
Weather will be the primary reason. Despite its huge size. the real habitable area is probably less than 10% of its geographical size. Even Southern Ontario is deemed by many I know to be "too cold to live". 90% of Ontario and Quebec are simply inhabitable. I also personally think the entire Manitoba and Saskachewan are not suitable for human habitation unless we can create a way to simply hibernate during the 6 month winter (why there are so few people in Montana and North Dakota?) The fact that Montreal are thrive as a vibrant metropolis is already sort of a miracle and we don't see many such large cities with such severe weather. The only other case I can think of is probably Moscow.
Sectionalism is loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
The answer is C. <span>C. Increased trade and foreign influences
The pax Mongolic is happened after the Mongols finished the majority of their conquest. This time is also known as the mongolian peace period when wars rarely happened and the mongols started to build their economic growth and trading relationship with other region.
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