D. All answers are correct.
The slaves included the captives from war (raids from other regions), debtors of large amounts of money and criminals.
The slaves was vital to the economy of the empire. They carried out the heavy work, served as soldiers, craftsmen, and some served as royal advisers.
The most accurate description of Bartolomeu Dias would be that "<span>b. He was the first European to reach India by sailing around Africa", since this was his primary mission. </span>
Defenders of the faith have been raised up in every era of the Church to proclaim fidelity to the truth by their words and deeds. Some have fought heresy and overcome confusion like Athanasius against the Arians and Ignatius Loyola in response to the Protestant reformers. Others have shed their blood for the faith, like the early Christian martyrs of Rome, or Thomas More, John Fisher and Edmund Campion in Reformation England.
Because he was the first african american to play major league baseball