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<u>The failure of Catholic empires, the end of Crusades as well as the philosophical developments in the Renaissance</u> weakened the Catholic Church's influence.
Explanation:
By the time of the Renaissance, any gains from the Crusades which propelled the Catholic Church to the height of its power had subsided and the Holy Roman Empire had lost its influence. Italy had become a merchant country of city states that increasingly became independent of religion.
<u>the philosophical thought of the age argued for the divinity of humans and upholding the human spirit,</u> as such, the influence of Catholic religion took a hit and people began to criticize it.
The arrangement was for Panama to have Panama Canal.
The correct answer D) it is an epic poem that shows Sumerian values.
<em>The option that best describes the importance of the Epic of Gilgamesh is that it is an epic poem that shows Sumerian values.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the most important stories of Sumerian times in the great Mesopotamia. It refers to the adventures of Sumerian King of Uruk. The story was written in cuneiform on clay tablets. The region of Sumeria is what today is Irak, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
D. The pilgrims stayed in an abandoned village whose original inhabitants had died of disease.
