All of the following were motives for the spread of Christianity throughout Europe EXCEPT
A. the desire of peasants to seek out new lands in the hope of escaping serfdom.
B. the desire of aristocrats to increase their economic holdings.
C. a preference among large numbers of Europeans for the teachings of Christianity over pagan beliefs.
D. the desire of young Christian men to control land denied to them by primogeniture.
Answer: C
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A. Achmed Sokarno and Chou Liu. B. Kim Il Sung and Syngman Rhee. C. Heidekei Tojo and Lee Kuan-yew. D. Yayha Khan and Pu Yi. E. Kim Dae Jung and Arturo Shimonoseki.
In his Instructions for the Dauphin, Louis XIV claimed that successful kingship lies in
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