He tried to - in order to deal with the crippling debts of the French state (mostly incurred by various wars - most recently the French help to the American War of Independence), but he decided that he did not have the authority to impose new taxes. He turned first to an assembly of nobles (it is not true that French nobles paid no taxes - but they were free of some of the more important taxes) and then called an “Estates General” (the first for more than a century) in the hopes that the nobles and church would agree to contribute more money. But the whole thing got horribly out of hand (partly because Louis XVI was a very weak man - but also because he went into mourning for a dead son at a key time politically) and the French Revolution was the result.
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The best known example of ancient Egyptian architecture are the Egyptian pyramids while excavated temples, palaces, tombs and fortresses have also been studied. Most buildings were built of locally available mud brick and limestone by levied workers. Monumental buildings were built via the post and lintel method of construction. Many buildings were aligned astronomically. Columns were typically adorned with capitals decorated to resemble plants important to Egyptian civilization, such as the papyrus plant.
Ancient Egyptian architectural motifs have influenced architecture elsewhere, reaching the wider world first during the Orientalizing period and again during the nineteenth-century Egyptomania.
<span>B. The canals and railroads were designed to pass through areas well suited for towns.
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The second civilian astronaut who flew on Apollo 7 was Walter Cunningham
Answer: Option (a)
<u>Explanation:</u>
Apollo 7 mission was proposed in October 1968 and this was the first mission to carry crew(members) to the space.
This mission consists of 3 crew members,
- Commander "Walter M.Schirra" Jr,
- Command module pilot " Donn F. Eisele"
- "Walter Cunningham" as lunar module pilot.
Lunar module pilot was the sole survivor in that mission. Apollo 7 mission lasted for nearly 21 months and it fulfills the drawback of Apollo 1 mission.
