how did the postition of theland of israel in a region conquered by several ancient empires affect jewish history?

The position of the land of Israel has not really been in favor of he Jewish population throughout the history. The reason for that is this land was in the neighborhood of much stronger and bigger empires, with the likes of the Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Phoenicia, being right next door, as well being occupied by the Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Ottomans, Arabs. Very often, they were conquering what is now Israel, and because the Jewish people were well known as rebellious people that would not stand occupation, on multiple occasions there were deportations of the population. There were few waves of forced movement of the Jewish people, which gradually took out most of the Jewish population out of their homeland, being dispersed mainly throughout the Mediterranean initially, and later on deeper into the European mainland.

b) to encourage free trade

answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.