According to Herodotus, Greek knowledge of sub-Saharan Africa was
a. based solely on myth.
b. based on Alexander the Great's conquest.
c. based on second-hand sources.
d. nonexistent.
c
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Wealthy Romans took possession of public land, legally and illegally. This led to a greater division between rich and poor and thus to the land-reform proposals of ________
A. Cicero B. Julius Caesar C. Marius D. Tiberius Gracchus