Among the striking similarities of the three early-modern Muslim empires are
a. their strict adherence to Sunni Islam.
b. the fact that they mastered gunpowder, which led to a complacent sense of security.
c. the East Asian origins of their early rulers.
d. the fact that each was controlled by western European interests by 1700.
e. their cultivation of transoceanic trade ties with West Africa.
Question 2
Mughal architectural developments
a. were always undertaken after making certain that expenditures on them would not injure mass living standards.
b. often blended Persian and Indian styles to achieve new and beautiful results.
c. borrowed heavily from Tibetan and Ottoman styles
d. were influenced by the construction techniques of Yuan China.
e. were imposed on the Mughals by the British East India Co.
The work of Charles Darwin forms the foundation for modern evolutionary theory.
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Abundant cave art after about 30,000 years ago is evidence of the importance of symbolic behavior fo
Early Pottery From The Franchthi Cave, Greece
Formation of the Early Earth
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