The Enlightenment produced numerous books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars and revolutions. The American and French Revolutions were directly inspired by Enlightenment ideals and respectively marked the peak of its influence and the beginning of its decline.
The American colonists were all similar in several ways. The
colonists had their own self government system and the people governing were
chosen mostly from farmers that had their own lands and also voted for the provincial
government. All the colonies were similar in the fact that all white men had
the voting rights and most black men were slaves. All the colonies were rich
and had good amount of food and so their growth rate was also very high.
Answer:
Option: B. Defending Constantinople against invaders
Explanation:
The Eastern Empire (Byzantine Empire) emerge after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Byzantine Empire formed its capital as Constantinople. Constantinople remained powerful and wealthy because of the strong military while cities in the Western Roman Empire crumbled. The Byzantine army reconquered the former Roman Empire by capturing territories. The main contribution of the empire was to preserve the Greek language and culture as well as the Romans. The necessity to fight the enemies and invading remained in the army strategy. Byzantine built a strong military, which helped them to rule over Europe and expand its territories. Byzantine Empire ruled most of Eastern and Southern Europe.
