Athens is located in Greece, and Greece is a country that has a Mediterranean climate. The Mediterranean climate, as well as the soil type in Greece, is a natural place for the growth of olive trees and wine trees that produce fruits of high quality. Athens used this, and by making products from both of these trees, olive oil from the olive trees, and wine from the wine trees, they were making a lot of wealth because of this products were in high demand and not many places had the conditions for growing these trees and making products from them. Also Athens was very active in the sea trade and had contacts all over the Mediterranean, and that just opened up a larger market for their products.
Answer: to stay out of European affairs
the king holds all power under the constitution. the magna carta took power away from the king
The Songhai Empire controlled the production and supply of Salt. This was a very important commodity which was known as white gold at the time.
At its peak the Songhai Empire was the largest and richest Empire in Africa and one of the most powerful in all of the Muslim world.
The cities of Timbuktu and Djenné became importing trading centers and remained one of the most important cities in Africa until the empire's demise.
Apart from salt, the empire grew rich due to its control over vast supplies of Gold, slaves, kola nuts, leather, and dates.
Eventually, the huge riches of the Empire attracted attention from other leaders of the region. In the last 20 years, the kings of Songhai were in constant feud with multinational armies which took a political and economic toll on the Empire.
<em>The three outcomes United States expected from the Trans-Pacific Partnership were: </em>
- Helping protect human rights in the workplace
- Giving Asia Pacific producers access to a bigger market
- Boosting the export of American products in Asia-Pacific nations.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a free-trade agreement between <em>Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and United States</em> that concluded negotiations on October 2015.
<em>The TTP included much more than reducing trade barriers, tariffs and quotas</em>, it required countries to lengthen the term of copyright protection, stricter rules for labor and environment, provide stronger protection to pharmaceutical companies and give new countries' laws and regulations to foreign investors.
It is a controversial trade due to all its regulations, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the agreement on 2017.
