The Mazdakite movement arose in response to the
a. Manichaean heresy.
b. unequal distribution of the Sasanid Empire's bounty and social justice.
c. demand for improved trade relations with the East.
d. massacre of orthodox Zoroastrians by the Huns.
b
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A description of Süleyman would include all of the following EXCEPT that he
a. was a strong Christian leader. b. expanded the empire. c. regularized relations with the government and its diverse population. d. made Turkish the administrative language. e. made Persian the language of art and poetry.
Due to the large numbers of slaves imported, by the early 18th century, black slaves outnumbered the white population in South Carolina. There were a large number of slaves in the Chesapeake colonies as well, but ________________ had the most since it was dominated by large populations.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The North Carolina author who argued in his book The Impending Crisis of the South and How to Meet It that slavery was an economic disaster that harmed slaveholders and non-slaveholders alike was:
A) George Fitzhugh. B) Hinton Rowan Helper. C) Levi Coffin. D) William Gilmore Simms.
While different political groups came together to form the Republican Party in 1854, they were united by their
a. commitment to the immediate abolition of slavery in America b. opposition to the spread of slavery into the territories c. support of the American System of national economic development d. opposition to Irish-Catholic immigrants' influence in society e. support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act