What was Aristarchus' major contribution to Hellenistic scientific thought?
a. Measuring the circumference of the earth.
b. Exact calculation of pi.
c. The idea that the sun was the center of the universe.
d. Theories of plane geometry.
e. The invention of a steam engine.
c
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Based on this map of foreign activity in China in 1901, how did the United States try to protect American businessmen and missionaries who had established a presence there?
A) by expanding American interests west of the Huang He River B) by siding with Russia during the Russo-Japanese War C) by launching an naval invasion from the Philippines D) by negotiating with nations that had spheres of influence there
Booker T. Washington laid out his program for __________ in a speech at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta
A) obtaining voting rights B) economic progress C) ending lynching D) doing away with Jim Crow
What religion believed that the caste system was very important?
What will be an ideal response?
The traditional report or hadith became the chief source of
a. legal and religious norms. b. geographic knowledge. c. population and taxation data. d. security information on spies and disloyal commanders.