However, transporting goods along the Silk Road was costly, slow, and unprofitable. middlemen collected taxes as the goods changed hands. Robbers waited to ambush treasure-laden caravans. answers:
Silk Road
Muslim
Reconquista
Colombian Exchange

When congress passed the way davis bill in response to lincolns reconstruction plans the president did what to the bill

What does president bush say could be the effects of not acting on his proposal

20 points “the creation of a mosaic was a complicated procedure that called for careful timing and teamwork. . walls were painted with resin or tar before being covered with the first of three layers of plaster. . a sketch of the projected work was then made on the plaster to serve as a guide for the various artisans. the outermost layer of plaster, in which the pieces, or tesserae, of the mosaic would be set, was spread on only enough area to contain a day’s work. some of the tesserae—small, carefully cut fragments of colored glass, marble, and semiprecious stones—were pressed into the wet plaster so that they projected at a slight angle. the stones thereby better reflected light and imbued the finished mosaic with a shimmering life of its own.” —empires besieged: time frame a. d. 200–600 how many layers of materials were under the tiles? a. two- c. four- b. three- d. five