B. its flying buttresses. Builders employed the first true flying buttresses (during the 1180s) to increase the window size and secure the soaring 115-foot-high vault. The <u>flying buttress</u>, an arched, skeletal exterior support, counters the lateral thrust of the nave vault and transfers its weight outward, over the side aisles (where it is resolved into and supported by a vertical external buttress, rising from the ground).
<em>The Notre Dame Cathedral (France) is the official seat of the Archbishop of Paris. Its architecture is one of the first examples of the use of flying buttresses, and the cathedral features numerous statues and </em><u><em>stained glass windows</em></u><em>. The original flying buttresses represented a structural innovation that would become central to the future development of Gothic architecture.</em>
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The era of flourishing arts and literature in Athens is known as the <em><u>Age of Pericles</u></em>
The correct answer is A) Its members published the works of the scientists during the Scientific Revolution.
Royal Society is a fellowship of scientists that was founded in November 1660. Their mission is to promote, recognize and support science. It is considered the world’s oldest scientific publisher. They published works like Isaac Newton’s first published scientific paper, Charles Darwin geological work, Benjamin Franklin’s electrical kite experiment.
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One of Jefferson's contributions to American history was the writting of the Declaration of Independence but his importance goes far beyond that, he served as an officer in the Virginia militia (colonel) before becoming legislator and governor of the independent state
