It was possible to decipher hieroglyphs because of ______.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Answer: the Rosetta Stone
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Why was the seventeenth-century Chesapeake politically unstable?
A. The governments of Virginia and Maryland were dominated by immigrants who had no strong ties to each other or to their respective colonies. B. Few settlers cared about becoming politically involved. C. Parliament continually interfered in the governing of the Chesapeake colonies. D. Most settlers questioned the legitimacy of the colonial governments of Virginia and Maryland.
In 597, Saint Augustine established an ecclesiastical base at Canterbury in hopes of spreading Christianity to the British Isles
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The collapse of Mughal rule hurt local industries in India because
a. the Mughal court was the major market for the production of Indian textiles and other luxury goods. b. without government protection, protective tariffs against outside products were dropped. c. it meant the loss of government subsidies. d. the internal unrest set off by the collapse of the Mughals destroyed much of the local industry.
What best describes members of the new industrial entrepreneurial class in the mid nineteenth century?
a. They were the true initiators of the Industrial Revolution. b. They were responsible for the predominance of giant corporate firms by 1850. c. They came from the professional and middle classes. d. They were often from the lower classes. e. They were unable to amass great wealth.