why did puritans refer to their settlement as a "city on a hill”?

(05.04 mc) how did the roman transportation system keep the empire strong? plz

Two gymnastics teams are intense rivals. the first team has started recruiting new gymnasts from different cities and even foreign countires in an effort to build a stronger team. after learning this, the secondteam begins its own recruitment campaign to find better gymnasts. over a period of months, each team recruits dozens of players, each time trying to find a better recruit than its rivals most recent addition. which idea from the cold war is most similar to this scenario

Which directions did the mongols travel as they swept across asia and europe