A) wealthy-<span>"The </span>most<span> powerful periods of the Byzantium Empire were years that were ... Feared as warriors, respected for their piety and sought out for their </span>wealth, ..... been called the Co-Patron<span> of Europe, along with Sts. Cyril and Methodius.</span>
The majority of immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1800 and 1860 came from "<span>(3) northern and western Europe" although this shifted slightly later. </span>