One early Russian chronicle reports that Vladimir I rejected Judaism due to doubts about a powerful god who would let the ancient Jewish kingdom be destroyed, and he chose Orthodox Christianity over Islam because:
a. he felt that Islam was more appropriate to nomadic peoples.
b. he felt that a relationship with Islam would do nothing to promote trade.
c. he got special dispensation from the pope to marry two wives.
d. he knew that Islam forbade alcohol consumption.
e. he was a great art lover, and in his view Islam had no beautiful religious buildings.
ANSWER:
d
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