The struggle between Uthman and Ali most reflected which of these?
A) Shi'a-Sunni religious differences
B) tribal rivalry
C) ethnic hostility
D) growing ideological differences
B
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The US experience in the Vietnam War supports the idea that the outcome of a war:
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