Darius I justified his accession to the Persian throne by
a. leading a rebellion against Gaumata the Magian.
b. claiming it was bestowed upon him by Ahura Mazda.
c. inheriting the throne from his father, who was the brother of Cambyses.
d. marrying his eldest son to Artystone, daughter of Cyrus and half-sister to Cambyses.
e. being hailed by a group of Zoroastrian priests.
b
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A) women touch more than men do
B) young black people engage in more interpersonal touch when greeting each other than when greeting white people
C) you learn the rules about touching as you enter childhood
D) hugging dignitaries is common
E) All of these are correct
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The Spartans' enslaved population, the helots, were:
a. The descendants of people conquered in Sparta's early history and tied to the land in perpetuity. b. Usually able to buy themselves and their families out of slavery within three generations. c. Exclusively non-Greeks who aroused little sympathy in other parts of the Greek world. d. A small minority of the total population of the southern Peloponnesus.
Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 prompted Congress to seek passage of
a. the Thirteenth Amendment. b. an extension of the Freedmen's Bureau. c. an act to overturn the Black Codes. d. the Fourteenth Amendment. e. the articles of impeachment against Johnson.