A primary contribution of Arab scholarship was the
A. creation of original contributions in the areas of astrophysics and geology.
B. preservation and dissemination of the science and philosophies of ancient civilizations.
C. establishment of the university system of study.
D. discovery of the rings of Saturn.
E. invention of paper.
Answer: B
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A) France and Britain declared war on Germany, and the two sides immediately gathered their forces and took the field, hoping to finish the other side off before Christmas. B) The Soviet Union reluctantly joined with France and Britain, although Stalin had reservations about working with the two countries again. C) Poland fell to the Germans very quickly, and Stalin's troops entered Poland from the east and occupied that part of the country. D) The United States tried to broker a peace between France and Britain on one side, and the Germans on the other, but they were not successful. E) Britain determined that it would try to stay neutral until and unless Hitler tried to invade England.
How did the political and military methods and structures of the Persian Empire contribute to the empire expanding and maintaining a Near East empire from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River?
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Vladimir Putin has been sharply critical of the ongoing expansion of __________, which has embraced nations directly bordering the Russian Federation.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Before 1800, neo-European societies emerged principally in all of the following EXCEPT
A. the Cape region of South Africa. B. North America. C. Mexico. D. Siberia.