Before the arrival of the steamboat,
A) rivers were used primarily to bring manufactured goods to the coast.
B) Americans relied on canals to transport products around the nation.
C) few manufactured goods reached the interior of the nation.
D) cities had developed only along the nation's coast.
E) it was impossible to travel upriver.
C) few manufactured goods reached the interior of the nation.
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The term kizilbash is related to the color of the Azerbaijan
a. horses. b. flags and banners. c. turbans. d. boots. e. tunics.
The weakening of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s was encouraged by the Soviet policy of
A. apartheid. B. glasnost. C. perestroika and apartheid. D. perestroika. E. glasnost and perestroika.
Which of the following best describes the spread of Islam after Muhammad's death?
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