Why might allied leaders in north africa have kept the paths of their offenses close to the northern tip of africa?

It could be because the area was of water that both sides needed to supply their troops.  Another reason was when the Allies launched Operation Torch, it would enable them to get hold of the Mediterranean so their ships could have a place to dock.  It also would persuade the French to help the Allies.

This passage is in praise of the administration of Timur's central Asian empire.

Explanation:

a. This passage is explaining why the administration of Timur is good and how the nation is prospering under him and his policies on the land.

b. The major economic development in the area is the strengthening of the silk route which is very evident in the way that Samarkand is the center where there are products from China, India Russia and the Arab.

c. The cultural interactions due to the economic development was that all sorts of people from all walks of life mingled and lived together as is evident in Samarkand where people from many ethnicity lived and traded,