The Zheng He expeditions
a. ended the same year as the death of Zheng He.
b. helped to open up trade with east Africa.
c. were used to ferry pilgrimages to the Holy Land.
d. were the first open-sea explorations until the European explorations of the 1400s.
e. left important firsthand descriptions of South America.
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A) caused chaos in trade because of differences in weights and measures as well as coinage. B) throttled international trade. C) failed to maintain control over the economy. D) increased their debt to dangerous levels. E) all of the above.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 1973 indictment of the Soviet system was in his critical book a. Notes from Underground
b. Dr. Zhivago. c. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich d. Gulag Archipelago e. Crime and Punishment
The only nation in the Middle East that has firmly established democratic institutions is Israel
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The most serious threat to Justinian's rule came from the
a. Greens and the Blues. b. crusaders. c. Muslims. d. Bulgars. e. Ostrogoths.