What helps explain the defeat of the Mongols by the Mamluks?
a. The inexperience of the Mongol troops
b. The Mamluks alliance with the Holy Roman Empire
c. The heat and lack of rain in the plains of Israel
d. The deaths of key Mongol leaders
e. The arrival of Persian reinforcements
c
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In the late nineteenth century, periods of economic growth and prosperity were interrupted by severe depressions and recessions
A) True B) False
What sparked the Pullman Strike of 1894?
a. The Union Pacific cut wages and increased hours on its transpacific rail lines. b. The Pullman company cut wages by about one-third but refused to lower workers´ rent in its model company housing. c. Railroads executives colluded in firing and blacklisting organizers for the American Railway Union. d. Railroad workers struck in support of members of Coxey´s Army who had been arrested. e. The Pullman company eliminated hundreds of jobs because of the economic downturn.
In general, what can be said about social class during the late Zhou period?
a. Merchants decreased in number. b. Social mobility for commoners increased. c. Peasants were more restricted to aristocratic estates than before. d. Merchants became the new aristocracy. e. The land-based aristocracy disappeared altogether.
The Battle of Yorktown resulted in
a. a victory for the Patriot navy. b. the capture of Hessian mercenaries. c. the end of major fighting in America. d. a Patriot retreat into Virginia.