Among the striking similarities of the three early-modern Muslim empires are
a. their strict adherence to Sunni Islam.
b. the fact that they mastered gunpowder, which led to a complacent sense of security.
c. the East Asian origins of their early rulers.
d. the fact that each was controlled by western European interests by 1700.
e. their cultivation of transoceanic trade ties with West Africa.
b
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A) guarantee the human rights of all people B) protect the freedom of the common people C) uphold traditional feudal privileges of the elite D) surrender their royal privileges to the people
The first independence movements among the Soviet republics during Gorbachev's rule occurred in the Baltic area of
A) Afghanistan. B) Azerbaijan. C) Lithuania. D) Georgia. E) Chechnya.
The Nazi party
a. had no success in becoming a mass political movement in the 1920s. b. had success in the 1920s, but grew significantly as the result of the Great Depression. c. was entirely a product of the economic crisis resulting the Great Depression. d. was unaffected by the Great Depression, as it had come to power before it began. e. allied itself with German communists in taking power in 1933.
Natural philosophy refers to the
A. Achaemenid notion that in understanding nature, humans can understand the divine. B. Greek idea that laws govern nature and human behavior and that humans can discern these laws through careful investigation. C. Hebrew belief that god controls all aspects of nature. D. Greek concept that all complex human civilizations will inevitably participate in philosophical inquiry.