What is sati?

a. laws that prevent the remarriage of widows
b. widows burning themselves on their husbands' funeral pyres
c. the law that allows men to marry pre-pubescent girls
d. custom of disinheriting women when a male heir is born
e. worship of female deities


b

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A. unskilled workers B. military veterans C. religious dissenters D. skilled workers

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Which battle marked Napoleon's final defeat?

a. Leipzig b. Borodino c. Trafalgar d. Austerlitz e. Waterloo

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Neolin, a Delaware Indian and religious prophet, helped inspire ___________ Rebellion in 1763.

A) Bacon's B) the Stono C) Pontiac's D) the Yamasee E) Leisler's

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Explain the function of the clergy in medieval society and how that class changed from 900 to 1300

What will be an ideal response?

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