I would say D, but I'm unfamiliar with Islamist's and their ideologies.
<span>The Byzantine Empire was a vast and powerful civilization with origins that can be traced to 330 A.D., when the Roman emperor Constantine I dedicated a “New Rome” on the site of the ancient Greek colony of Byzantium. Though the western half of the Roman Empire crumbled and fell in 476 A.D., the eastern half survived for 1,000 more years, spawning a rich tradition of art, literature and learning and serving as a military buffer between Europe and Asia. The Byzantine Empire finally fell in 1453, after an Ottoman army stormed Constantinople during the reign of Constantine XI.</span>
<span>By removing the Native Americans, the whites saw an opportunity to expand the land that they had and their resources. He stated that he wanted to civilize the Native Americans and wanted a government that encompassed everyone without them having a separate government of their own. This led to the Trail of Tears where the Native Americans were forcibly removed from their territory and treated savagely by Americans. The Americans then took over their land, cattle, and any resources in the areas that they took away from them.</span>
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He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India, around the Cape of Good Hope.