Identify two causes for New Amsterdam becoming a major shipping center.

New Amsterdam combined a good seaport with access to the Hudson River. Along with that, the river served as a major transportation link to a rich land of farmsm, forests, and furs. As a result, New Amsterdam became a center of shipping to and from the Americas.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

1. darius the great     persia  

2. piankhi       nubia

3. ezana       aksum

4.     nebuchadnezzar     babylonia

5. shalmaneser iii     assyria