Best guess is the 3rd one
A good advancement would be a portable radio. They have made life easier for people who are walking/hiking and are looking for something such as the weather for the night or the score for a sports game.
Thread is to cloth as hair is to braid. Because thread is used to weave the cloth, and hair is used to weave the braid.
The early christian church had to suffer a lot of persecutions because they did not worship the roman gods. The rise of the church relates to roman history because when Rome was just getting formed it was just a tiny village. The early christian was made up of a few disciples and apostles. My info might not be accurate.