The text suggests that the death of Artaxerxes
a. slowed, but could not stop, the decline of the Achaemenid Empire.
b. coincided with the rise of Macedonian power and contributed to the fall of the Achaemenid Empire.
c. led directly to the destruction of the Achaemenid Empire.
d. was a suicide, brought on by the pressure of administering the Achaemenid Empire.
b
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A. diplomatic branch of government B. judicial branch of government C. executive branch of government D. legislative branch of government
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A) confined to the clergy. B) confined to the elite classes of those colonies. C) seen primarily in communities where religion was important. D) much more widespread than in the French and Spanish colonies.
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A) eradication of tuberculosis, typhoid, and diphtheria B) discovery that germs cause infection and disease C) relatively safe and painless surgery D) more antiseptic practices in childbirth E) development of vaccines to prevent diseases