Which of the following was one reason that europeans began looking for sea routes to asia in the 15th century?
a. europeans wanted an easier way to reach colonies they had in asia.
b. europeans wanted to move to asia to escape problems in their home countries.
c. europeans wanted a cheaper way to import goods from asia.
d. europeans wanted an easier way to export goods to asia.

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion

during the 20th century, the role of the vice president has evolved into more of an executive branch position. now, the vice president is usually seen as an integral part of a president's administration and presides over the senate only on ceremonial occasions or when a tie-breaking vote may be needed.

it was the first major victory for the colonists.