The Trojan War was an important event in the history of the Greeks. This epic war and its aftermath took place in 1260 B.C. These events were recorded by Homer, one of our earliest epic poets. When did Homer write the Iliad and the Odyssey?
A) The twelfth century B.C.
B) The ninth century B.C.
C) The sixth century B.C.
D) The fifth century B.C.
E) The thirteenth century B.C.
B
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a. Students for a Democratic Society b. the Black Panthers c. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee d. Free Speech Movement e. Mississippi Freedom Democratic party
How does karma, an important dogma in the Upanishads, translate into the life of every Indian?
a. By making special demands on special tradesmen. b. By explaining the responsibility of women in the household. c. By stipulating the order of the hymns that are said in public by Brahmins. d. By claiming that people's acts in this life would determine how they would be reborn in the next. e. By establishing the practice of sacrificial rituals.
The elections of 1866 resulted in
a. Andrew Johnson winning the presidency by a slender margin b. the Democrats winning almost half the seats in Congress c. the Congress remaining much as it was before the election d. the Radical Republicans gaining a large majority in both houses of Congress. e. Congress became deadlocked.