The Almagest was
a. a handbook of Greek astronomy produced by Ptolemy.
b. Aristotle's summary of his cosmology.
c. Johannes Kepler's discourse on alchemy.
d. Ficino's exposition of Neo-Platonism.
e. the Arabic translation of Aristotle's Metaphysics.
a
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a. Commanderies b. Prefectures c. Provinces d. Xian
Which of these were large Roman rural estates?
A) paterfamilias B) pontifexmaximus C) latifundia D) themes
The 1952 film, Invasion, U.S.A., involved an unnamed invading enemy which audiences were expected to identify as:
A) German Nazis. B) Martians. C) Russian communists. D) third world refugees.
Ivan IV, called Ivan the Terrible,
A) wished to conform Tsarist autocracy by attacking the authority of boyars. B) abandoned the principles of territorial expansion in favor of centralizing power at home. C) allied himself with the Russian aristocracy in a policy of political decentralization. D) was responsible for the incorporation of Poland into the Russian empire.