The similarity between the political systems in the Roman Republic and ancient Greece is that both of them avoided having a centralization political power given in the hands of a single person. Both of them also allowed common men to share their opinion about the government which brought the problems in the local areas within the territory or city and this represents the word of their people. Both of them also had some sort of elections. Also, both of them prohibited slaves and women from participating in any political processes.
It's A. You can tell by the blue color of the uniform.
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Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquests of Central America and Peru and discovered the Mississippi River.
I can't answer your second question since I know nothing about it, my apologies, but I hope that this will help answer about Hernando de Soto.
Islamic armies conquered major cities to help spread islam on three continents.