Explain Newton's view that planets move due to gravity. What problem was Newton attempting to address, and how was this a revolutionary solution?
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The ideal answer should include:
1. Newton's addressing of the problem of planetary motion in Ptolemaic models
2. Newton's use of Galileo's ideas
3. Gravity as attraction between all objects, according to Newton
4. Newton's empirical method
5. A statement of whether Newton's argument was revolutionary
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A. She treated her with great respect and looked to her for advice. B. Mary, Queen of Scots was Elizabeth's trusted advisor. C. Elizabeth kept Mary under house arrest for nineteen years and then had her executed for treason. D. Elizabeth largely ignored Mary until she was far advanced in age, when Elizabeth granted her a castle in northern England.
Indian literature was stimulated by the arrival of printing in the early sixteenth century
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following features of first civilizations may have contributed to the development of slavery?
a. Large-scale warfare in which prisoners were taken b. Patriarchal relationships between men and women c. Class inequalities based on great differences in privately owned property d. All of the above
The founder of the Sasanid empire in approximately 224 was _______________
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