What is the Great Karoo?

According to the qianlong emperor, why was china not interested in importing anything else?

Each of the following countries was part of the big four at the paris peace conference except a. russia b. italy c. germany d. britain

Before the invention of the loom in 1785, textile manufacturing was: a) regulated under the guild system. b) performed by children working in factories. c) produced in rural cottages under a putting-out system. d) conducted by british colonists overseas.