The purpose of the twelfth amendment is to

the purpose of the twelth amendment specifies that electors shall cast distinct  votes for the president and vice president, rather than electoral votes for two men.

well the fact it is basically a peninsula allowed trade to come from many places, thus allowing cultural diffusion to take place. india has seasonal monsoons that merchants travel back and forth from india using the monsoons wind patterns

the crusaders are identified in the painting;

c. by the red crosses on their backs