What was the source of scribes' power in ancient Egypt?
A) control of the temples
B) control of the economy
C) knowledge of divination
D) knowledge of hieroglyphs
D
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
By referring to their land as Columbia, what did Americans seek to emphasize?
A) their separation from Britain B) the life of Christopher Columbus C) ancient Greek democratic traditions D) a closeness with Canada
What was the major 16th Century European movement aimed at reforming the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church that led to new Christian denominations called?
What difficulty limited what is now modern Italy in engaging in external overseas exploration during the 1400s?
A) Italy lacked competent sailors in its Italian city-states, principalities, and kingdoms. B) Italy was bitterly divided into many competing, independent free cities, principalities, and small kingdoms that were often at war with each other. C) The Italian city-states, principalities, and small kingdoms lacked sufficient economic resources to sponsor organized external explorations. D) Many Italian sailors preferred working for other European governments than for leaders of their own Italian city-states, principalities, and small kingdoms.