Coastal East African villagers, having adapted themselves to long-distance trade with the_______________, eventually evolved into an urban society, with religious scholars, sailors, fishermen, and farmers based in small port cities.
a. Khariji dissidents
b. Buddhist mercenaries
c. Frankish crusaders
d. English pirates
a. Khariji dissidents
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A) restricting the movement of women who underwent the procedure B) ensuring that women were valuable partners C) underscoring their roles as mothers D) tying them permanently to their fathers' households
The Carolingian scholar Alcuin is best noted for
A) helping to lay the foundation for medieval education. B) his influential views on the "indissoluble nature" of marriage. C) his emphasis on Frankish languages over classical Latin. D) preaching against the lazy monastic orders. E) his opposition to celibacy.
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A. was "invaded," or "reoccupied" by China in 1950. B. was feared by Britain because of its militantly aggressive actions in Kashmir and the Punjab in the 1940s. C. was the only Sunni Muslim society in the region. D. staged an unsuccessful, Comintern-inspired revolution in 1953.