Which is the main reason that port cities in Southeast Asia were important centers of culture? 1.Artists and builders learned techniques from European travelers visiting port cities in Southeast Asia.
2.Port cities in Southeast Asia were surrounded by abundant rice paddies.
3.Military ships brought the spoils of conquests back to their Southeast Asian ports.
4.Merchant ships carrying spices harbored in Southeast Asian ports.

in 1897, pershing became a tactical officer at west point, and that's where he was given the nickname "black jack." pershing's first name is "john," for which "jack" is a nickname, and he was a white man who commanded black troops. hence "black jack".

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on a flat and narrow coastal plain, between the foothills of the brazilian highlands and the atlantic ocean, on the shore of guanabara bay, in the state of rio de janeiro, brazil, the tropical zone in south america.