<p>was it peter the great or catherine the great that was known for modernizing russia
i said catherine
but im think that peter did modernization/westernization
and catherine just did modernization</p>
<p>about the byzantine question - it was political succession (same question from December 2006)</p>
<p>Q: What was the persistent weakness of the Byzantine Empire?</p>
<p>A: Lack of a stable system of political succession</p>
<p>confirmed: it's is b/c of the lack of ordered succession that caused the downfall the the byzantine empire..crap, another q wrong in addition to 4/5 q's blank</p>
<p>it was pacifist
they were very afraid of communism and hitler used that to gain control (same thing in italy)</p>
<p>But didn't Hitler burn the Reichstag and blame it on the communists?</p>
<p>catherine is correct for modernizing.
peter the great is more famous for absolute monarchism.</p>
<p>yeah. thats why everyone was afraid of them</p>
<p>yeah i put down Peter the Great, but you do have a valid point there.</p>
<p>What is that Muslim structure picture? Is it Muslim/Christian?</p>
<p>For the Treaty of Nanking I put Hong Kong. But it seems ports opening is also possible</p>
<p>yeah you guys make sense for the hitler question.
i think it is pacifist... i got it wrong;;;;</p>
<p>it was the haga sophia
originally christian church
turned into muslim mosque under the ottomans
minarets-muslim
dome-roman/christian</p>
<p>most dominant european colonizing nation in 1600?</p>
<p>britain? i figured because of the 7 years war</p>
<p>Asian Tigers- rapid economic progress</p>
<p>hong kong taiwan singapore south korea -> rapid economic progress</p>
<p>definitely
can we confirm that east africa mostly traded with the arabs?</p>
<p>What about the Jesuits and China?</p>
<p>a question about the Tokugawa (sp?) shogunate and fear of European intervention..?</p>
<p>thats what i put. i was thinking between europe and arabs.</p>
<p>The Treaty of Nanking one is confusing. Is it opening ports or Hong Kong?</p>