Why does whitman use the words "rising and gliding" to describe the speaker's exit from the classroom ?

Describe how jefferson’s marriage proposal to rebecca burwell went.

Kublai khan honored his mongol heritage by: a)marring only one wife b)praying facing mecca five times a day c)slaughtering ten chinese officials every year d)building a large enclosed hunting ground at shangdu,his summer palace

What was going on with south asia before europeans came ?