What contributed to the religious unity within the Byzantine Empire in the Middle Period?
a. Successful defeats of Muslims.
b. High taxation on non-Orthodox religions.
c. Military losses of Syria, Egypt and Palestine removed dissenters.
d. The necessity of the Greek language instead of Latin.
e. Building new, magnificent cathedrals in the Empire.
c
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A. the creation of a Slavic alphabet based on Greek that allowed for ready translation of Byzantine writings B. the successful conquest of much of eastern Europe under Emperor Basil C. centuries of missionary work dating back to the 400s C.E. D. the relocation of the Byzantine capital to Moravia following the Turks' sack of Constantinople
Which of the following was a distinctive feature of Hellenistic cities?
A) indoor plumbing B) homeless shelters C) women's colleges D) palace complexes
The French Revolution has often been considered a victory of the:
A. peasantry. B. clergy. C. nobility. D. bourgeoisie. E. people.
Horace Mann's most notable contributions were in the field of
A) religion. B) education. C) women's rights. D) prison reform. E) temperance.