As the ottoman empire crumbled, russia plotted to seize the bosporus and dardanelles in order to
a. build a berlin-to-baghdad railway.
b. gain access to the mediterranean sea.
c. build a canal through egypt.
d. gain control of the red sea.

gain access to the Mediterranean Sea i took the test.

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answer: the time zones used to be whatever the local authority wanted them to be. one town might have 6am whenever the sun came up and another town had 6am 10 minutes later.  

the trains had a hard time when their orders said to be at a certain point at 6am.  

6am, but who's 6am.  

the railroads got together and set the time zones more or less along the longitude lines across the country.

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