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1. According to the context clues, the "pacified south" means that Vietnam had characteristics of the south, but in a calm and peaceful manner, without imminent conflicts.
2. The use of these words makes the author help us to understand that Vietnam as a peaceful link and without reprisals against Chinese domination, but accepting it without creating conflicts.
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Context clues is a device used by the author for the reader to understand words and ideas shown in a sentence through the context that the entire sentence, or paragraph, addresses. This extends the reader's understanding to a certain concept, as it prevents the reading from being interrupted so that the reader searches for what certain words mean. This makes the reading more fluid and constant, optimizing the reader's time and reasoning.
Answer: It was in the spring in the year of grace 1490, in the reign of Guidobaldo, Lord of Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino,–the year, by the way, of the birth of that most illustrious and gracious lady, Vittoria Colonna.
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