What were four common attributes of gunpowder empires?

50 points plz ! explain how this quote "choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." - confucius is consistent with the beliefs of one of the ancient chinese philosophies

How did settlers decide where to live ?

Which statement in the passage best reflects sumer's opinion of the dred scott decision? a."i speak what cannot be denied." b."[the] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history." b."the opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything history." i speak what cannot be denied when i declare that the opinion of the chief justice in the case of dred scott was more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of courts. judicial baseness reached its lowest point on that occasion. you have not forgotten that terrible decision where a most unrighteous judgment was sustained by a falsification of history. -charles sumner, 1865