How would al-Qaeda have been affected if the Taliban had not supported it? It would not have had Osama bin Laden as its leader. It would not have developed a strong base in Afghanistan. It would not have been motivated to attack the United States. It would not have had the funding to commit terrorist attacks.

Early 18th century british industries were generally small scale and relatively unsophisticated. most textile production, for example, was centred on small workshops or in the homes of spinners, weavers and dyers: a literal ‘cottage industry’ that involved thousands of individual manufacturers. such small-scale production was also a feature of most other industries, with different regions specialising in different products: metal production in the midlands, for example, and coal mining in the north-east.two illustrations of 18t