What aspects of the Kingdom of Siam enabled it to resist European control in the 16th and 17th centuries?
What will be an ideal response?
Discuss its centralized government, as well as its strong Buddhist ideology, fairly “liberal” and “tolerant” nature, and expulsion of Europeans in 1688.
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The most important contribution of the Hanbalite school of legal thought to Sunni Islam was that it
a. stressed reliance only on a literal reading of the Qur'an and the Hadith. b. pioneered new directions in Islamic theology and doctrinal change during the eleventh century. c. established the first codified Islamic law. d. None of these answers are correct.
All of the following is true of the first Korean state EXCEPT:
a. The first Korean state predated Korean contact with China. b. Was named Choson, meaning “The Land of the Morning Calm.” c. Extended far into the area of what is now southern Manchuria. d. We are able to reconstruct the history of early Korea from the copious written records of the first dynasty.
Most early human activity centered on
a. gathering food. b. acquiring wealth. c. construction projects. d. entertainment. e. warfare with encroaching clans.
After black servicemen in Houston rioted and killed white civilians, __________.
A. the army adopted more racially neutral policies B. Wilson investigated the incident and pardoned the participants C. 30 black soldiers were executed, and 41 others were imprisoned for life D. black and white officers alike were held responsible by the army