Gold, God, and Glory. They went to the new world, America, so they could find new materials, gold being one of them. Then they used Religion as a smoke screen, covering up the real reason why they were there, to steal and obtain gold. They acted as if they were attempting to convert the American Indians over to Christianity. And then glory, they wanted to be praised because of their adventure to the new world.
It helped them understand things that helped their literature.
Farmers sowed and harvested crops around flooding season, because the flooding gave them fertile soil.
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A. The battle of Salamis took place during the Persian wars.
B. Xerxes never expected such resistance when he entered Greece, that means he never expected them to unite against him. Actually, he thought they would simply surrender when they saw the size of his army.
E. This is probably the most famous battle of the Greco Persian wars.
So the answer is
A.
B.
E.
