In Marcus Aurelius's Rome, a recurrent formula for saving the state from crisis involved
a. politicizing the military.
b. dividing the government and delegating responsibility.
c. enlisting the aid of Persian allies.
d. paying tributes to the poorer Germanic peoples in Europe.
b
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A) factory workers. B) peasants. C) children. D) political refugees.
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A) Etruscans B) Carthaginians C) Macedonians D) Greeks
All of the following were reasons the English were interested in colonization EXCEPT
a. English merchants were looking for new markets b. English landlords wanted to import their enclosure movement to the Americas to make money c. the English, convinced there was a Northwest Passage to Asia, wanted to establish posts to supply ships going and back through the Northwest Passage d. the English needed a base from which to attack Spanish treasure ships sailing back to Spain e. religious rivalry between Protestant England and Catholic Spain motivated England to establish a Protestant empire in the Americas
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A) the Council of Pisa B) the resignation of Urban VI C) the deposition of John XXIII D) the Council of Constance E) the execution of Jan Hus