D. Great Britain.
Source: My World History Textbook
"Great Britain, which long opposed construction of the canal for fear that it might fall into enemy hands, benefited more than any other nation... Instead of making Egypt powerful and independent, the Suez Canal provided the excuse for a British invasion and occupation of that country."
Answer:
“You are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by all, shown to be a letter of Christ... written not in ink but by the Spirit of the living God." (2 Corinthians 3:2-3) means:
The saints who are now transformed by the Spirit of God, the product and result of the gospel the apostles preached and have become dear and recommendable by the apostles are now the Bible(epistle) that people see and read.
This particular passage reveals:
1. The people that received transformation- the saints
2. The power behind their transformation - the Spirit of God
3. The preachers that brought the transformation - the apostles
4. The product (result) of their transformation - they became epistles read by all
It is B they could not compete successfully with new firms entering the market
These notorious demands were issued at a time of shifting balance of power in East Asia. With the Qing dynasty’s humiliating defeat in the first Sino-Japanese War (1894-95), regional dominance for the first time had moved from China to Japan. Japan’s ambitions in China were further emboldened by its decisive victory in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05), which affirmed the Japanese presence in south Manchuria and Korea. The 1911 Revolution brought an end to the Qing dynasty and ushered in the Republican era in China, but China remained a pushover in the face of pressure from Western Powers. Furthermore, Yuan’s ruling status itself was shaky due to threats from competing local warlords. World War I granted Japan a perfect opportunity to push the envelope even more with China. As the war was underway in Europe, the Japanese hoped that other major powers would show little interest in countering Japanese expansion in China. For these reasons, Japanese Foreign Minister Kato was convinced that the filing of an ultimatum buttressed by the war threat would cause China to accept all the demands. so basically to control most of asia
Hitler and the Nazi's, the Japanese doing pearl Harbor, and the great depression