Author Question: What significant Byzantine architectural innovation allowed round domes to be placed atop straight ... (Read 108 times)

Evvie72 · **on:** Sep 28, 2018

What significant Byzantine architectural innovation allowed round domes to be placed atop straight walls?

A. columns
B. vaults
C. pendentives
D. arches

Question 2

The earliest vernacular writings were composed in

A. regions such as Greece and Asia Minor, which remained under the government of the Byzantine Empire.
B. regions such as France and Germany, which retained a significant degree of Roman cultural influence after the fall of Rome.
C. regions such as Wales and Ireland, which lay outside the bounds of the former Roman Empire.
D. the Italian peninsula, where authors attempted to restore the glory of Rome through their literature.