Why was istanbul a good location for the empires capital

What did rudyard kipling mean when he wrote about the white man’s burden

The military dictatorship inviolently reacted to the opposition of the maya, who demanded greater rights for their native population. the genocide inresulted from a struggle between arab nomadic tribes and non-arab agricultural groups. the tutsi were the victims of genocide inat the hands of the hutu rulers.

The committee of correspondence: a)directed colonial militias b)organized boycotts of british goods. c) raised funds for colonial legislatures d) spoke with foreign governments.