Ancient china established the silk road in order to trade with civilizations as far away as india, persia, arabia, and europe. the government of modern china has proposed establishing a new system of roads, railroads, and sea lanes to enable trade with southern and western asia, europe, and africa. based on this information, the leaders of both ancient and modern china would most likely agree that a. china should be a major economic power. b. china should be a major military power. c. china should spread its ideas to other cultures. d. china should accept ideas from other cultures.

A. China should be a major economic power.

Explanation:

Because of the influence that trade had throughout history, the rulers of China were aware that this could bring them economical stability and furthermore possibility to strengthen their country.

That is even why even today trade is one of the most important factors in the development of China.

the industrial development of cities in the ruhr area in the nineteenth century is described. the research was based on english and german language sources. several factors that shaped growth and paths of the cities were categorized and analyzed. they are locations, resources, traditions, entrepreneurs, and technological developments. locations and resources were the most important among them; other factors may be regarded as consequences from locations and resources. among the cities, bochum, essen, gelsenkirchen, and dortmund had the richest resources and most favorable locations in the transportation network and grew to be the largest cities in the ruhr area near the end of the nineteenth century. riverside location was also a favorable factor for the development, as shown in the development of duisburg on the confluence of rhine and ruhr. resource distribution can explain the rise of textile industry, metallurgical industry, and coal and iron industries, and the northward progression of the mining industry. tradition was an important factor for cities such as krefeld, barmen, elberfeld, solingen, and remscheid, which experienced development based on their traditions through the nineteenth century. various entrepreneurs exerted influences within and beyond the local level over the ruhr area. technological development stimulated the northward progression of the mining industry and the deep connection between the coal and the iron industries.

        i'm fairly sure that the correct answers are 2 and 3.

        i used both my knowledge of world history and the process of elimination to obtain these answers. option 1 cannot be a possible selection because the mandate of heaven belongs to ancient chinese philosophical belief. option 4 sounds like it would benefit the region than detriment it. however, both 2 and 3 explain a potential reason for what could have contributed to the fall of the roman empire.

      hope this ! if i were you, i'd get a second opinion, because i haven't taken this course for a year. best of luck!

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