If I lived during the ninth century AD, than I would rather choose to be a Jew in the Byzantine Empire, rather than a Christian in the Abbasid Caliphate. The reason for this is that in the ninth century, the Byzantine authorities were not cruel toward the Jews, instead the predominantly Orthodox Christians allowed the Jews to practice their religion and were not discriminatory against them on religious basis. That enabled the Jews to be able to leave in peace as all others, and they were able to prosper into the society.
The Abbasid Caliphate, on the other side, was not the best place for anyone who was not practicing Islam, including the Christians. The authorities were very oppressive, forced the people to convert to Islam, or if they didn't they were discriminated against, seen as lower type of people, even to a degree of animals. It was common that the man were tortured and killed because they were practicing Christianity, and the women were raped and taken as sex slaves.
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A. "But I like Binkie, my dog, because / He knows how to behave;" and C. "But Binkie will play whatever I choose, / And he is my true First Friend."
Explanation:
If you compare the answers all of the ones about Binkie (the dog) he states that Binkie was his "True First Friend" and all the ones about the Cat are not good as he states "To 'muse herself, not me" so the right answers are A. and C.
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Gabon's most important export was the second option, oil.
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