Trade can connect an empire because trade is a very basic aspect of advancement in a civilization/empire
I think you meant to spell Nile instead of Nike... so the civilization that matches with the Nile is Egypt
The U.S.A., U.K., France, Cuba, China, Canada, and many many others.
The first three acts are also referred to collectively as the Coercive Acts, instituted by the British in response to the Boston Tea Party. ... On Sept. 5, 1774, representatives from the colonies arrived to protest the Intolerable Acts and voted to cut off trade from the colonies to Britain.
