Do you all know Old Summer Palace？ In 1860, during the Second Opium War, as the Anglo-French expedition force steadily approached Beijing, two British envoys, a journalist for The Times and a small escort of British and Indian troopers were sent to meet Prince Yi under a flag of truce to negotiate a Qing surrender. Meanwhile, the French and British troops reached the palace. As news emerged that the negotiation delegation had been imprisoned and tortured, resulting in 20 deaths, the British High Commissioner to China, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, retaliated by ordering the complete destruction of the palace, which was then carried out by British troops. The palace was so large – covering more than 3.5 square kilometres (860 acres) – that it took 4,000 men 3 days of burning to destroy it. Many exquisite artworks – sculptures, porcelain, jade, silk robes, elaborate textiles, gold objects and more – were looted and are now found in 47 museums around the world, according to UNESCO.

The maps below show the middle east. which best explains how the green areas depicted in the image on the left are reflected in the population map on the right? populations are greater in fertile areas that are close to freshwater sources, which is why more people live near deserts. populations are greater in fertile areas that are close to freshwater sources, which is why more people live near oceans. populations are greater in fertile areas that are close to freshwater sources, which is why more people live near mountains. populations are greater in fertile areas that are close to freshwater sources, which is why more people live near rivers. plz hurry in test only have 34 mins left

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Read the excerpt from the monsters are due on maple street. as they suddenly start toward the house. in this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. they begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. steve stands in front of them. for a moment their fear almost turns their walk into a wild stampede but steve's voice, loud, incisive and commanding, makes them stop. stevewait a minute . . wait a minute! let's not be a mob! the people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street. which sentence from the excerpt is an example of foreshadowing? a) as they suddenly start toward the house. b) in this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. c) they begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. d) the people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.