A) wealthy-<span>"The </span>most<span> powerful periods of the Byzantium Empire were years that were ... Feared as warriors, respected for their piety and sought out for their </span>wealth, ..... been called the Co-Patron<span> of Europe, along with Sts. Cyril and Methodius.</span>
In the service of the high nobility, the musician was nothing more than a servant who, after providing music for dinner and conversation, would dine in the kitchen with the rest of the household. To please his bosses, he had to follow the musical traditions. In his work he respected and reflected the emotions of the court. The creative imagination would not be welcome if it represented the breaking down of traditional structures
By 1900 the United States had overtaken Britain in manufacturing, producing 24 percent of the world's output. After 1870 both Russia and Japan were forced by losing wars to abolish their feudal systems and to compete in the industrializing world.
