Because superior cavalry was insufficient to defeat high-walled cities, armies began to rely on
a. long sieges.
b. the use of elephants from India.
c. new tunneling techniques.
d. suicide charges led by prisoners and slaves.
e. weapons fueled by gunpowder.
e
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Medieval Islamic cities
A) were usually small. B) relied on slave labor. C) had integrated neighborhoods. D) forbade the construction of personal palaces. E) were well planned.
As a result of his visit to the Portuguese colony on the Gold Coast of Africa, Columbus
a. began to understand how important rice cultivation could be in solving food shortages in his native Genoa. b. recognized the economic potential of the slave trade. c. acquired a hatred for abusive and exploitive labor systems. d. learned how important it was to understand and accept the belief systems of non-Europeans.
Kilwa was located
a. on the banks of a river. b. on a small island. c. in a natural coastal harbor. d. far inland from the Indian Ocean. e. northwest of Alexandria.
When Franklin Roosevelt set out to appoint additional Justices of the United States Supreme Court in an effort to keep the Court from invalidating legislative measures of the Second New Deal, most Americans supported his initiative.
a. true b. false