What modern day political borders would Xuan Zang had to have crossed to make his journey? Why is this significant? (Think about cultural barriers that might have been present before modern day borders)

What is the area of the trapezoid shown ?

“well,” he says, “there’s excuse for picks and letting-on, in a case like this; if it warn’t so, i wouldn’t approve of it, nor i wouldn’t stand by and see the rules broke—because right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better. it might answer for you to dig jim out with a pick, without any letting-on, because you don’t know no better; but it wouldn’t for me, because i do know better.” the meaning in this excerpt is

Explain how the principle of separation of powers is reflected in the