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>
2. to allow more trade between countries
Yep, number 2 :D
On August 4, 1735, John Peter Zenger is brought to trial. In a surprise move, his supporters hire a brilliant lawyer from Philadelphia to defend him. Andrew Hamilton argues in court that Zenger should not be found guilty of seditious libel<span> because the Journal's criticisms of Cosby's government were true.</span>
Competing conquistadors arrived and fighting broke out which killed half the Spanish in 1519. Then later in 1521 European diseases killed most of the Natives which allowed Cortes to lead a brutal attack and succeed.
The Schlieffen Plan's strategy required that France be defeated swiftly – but this didn't happen. That failure led to sustained trench warfare on the Western Front. In those grim battles of attrition, such as the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Verdun, Allied forces ultimately outnumbered the Germans
