Read the following sentence from the section "Spread Of Technology."
As historian Ma Debin describes it,
the Silk Road was the original
melting pot, the lifeline of the
Eurasian continent.
Which of the following conclusions can be
drawn from the sentence above?

answer: an oligarchy is a political system in which the government is run by a group of noble families, or the elite wealthy members of a society. a present day oligarchic government is iran.

explanation:

the western roman empire flourished, but the eastern portion of the empire struggled.

japan is located on a chain of islands called an archipelago. it is made up of four main islands and thousands of smaller ones. the terrain is mountainous, which means there is not a lot of good land for farming. because of the geography, the japanese relied on the sea for many aspects of daily life.