What geographic reason might explain why Marco Polo took a sea route from China to India?

According to douglass, what does the singing of a slave communicate? how does douglass feel about slave songs? in what way is slaves singing misinterpreted by some people? .

The military dictatorship inviolently reacted to the opposition of the maya, who demanded greater rights for their native population. the genocide inresulted from a struggle between arab nomadic tribes and non-arab agricultural groups. the tutsi were the victims of genocide inat the hands of the hutu rulers.

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: little we see in nature that is ours; we have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! the sea that bares her bosom to the moon; the winds that will be howling at all hours, and are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; for this, for everything, we are out of tune; it moves us not—great god! i'd rather be a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; so might i, standing on this pleasant lea1, have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; have sight of proteus rising from the sea; or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn. 1lea: a grassland what phrases in this poem make elements of nature seem big and powerful, or sweet and beautiful? second part: the changes of the industrial age, including those leading to the agricultural revolution, still affect people’s lives. choose a modern song or a television show that idealizes rural life or compares rural life to urban life. how does this song or television show describe city life and the countryside? cite evidence from the performance to support your answer.