In folk magic and mythology, crossroads may represent a location "between the worlds" and, as such, a site where supernatural spirits can be contacted and paranormal events can take place. Symbolically, it can mean a locality where two realms touch and therefore represents liminality, a place literally "neither here nor there", "betwixt and between".
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increases taxes on the colonies
The answer is A, C, and D
A. The bodies of water offered opportunities for easy travel - True, They have the Mediterranean and the Black sea
B. The location made it easier to defend the empire - Not true, no data to support it. Usually the empires that are easiest to defend are those that surrounded by mountains and hills
C. The location provided opportunities to trade with Europe, China , And Africa 0 True, Byzantium exactly located in the crossroad of Europe, Asia, And Africa
D.location provided the opportunity to control the movements all around the territory - True, Again they were located exactly in the middle of the crossroad between Asia, Europe, and Africa
He was good to his people and helped to keep the economy stable.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)