Why did most merchants not travel the entire distance from china to the middle east to trade their goods?

a. difficult terrain
b. taxes
c. language barriers
d. all of the above

the supreme court ruled 5-4 that section 4 of the voting rights act of 1965 was unconstitutional. the supreme court found section 4 unconstitutional because of the age of the coverage formulas. the supreme court's opinion notes: "voting discrimination still exists; no one doubts that.jul 7, 2014

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when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.