“the economic decline [of kush] may have been hastened by overgrazing of the land and by the progressive desiccation of the butana. but the most serious threat came from axum, a kingdom that rose to power in the highlands of ethiopia to the southeast. . axum challenged kush’s monopoly of trade in the african interior. the two inevitably clashed, and axumites, on the offensive, carried the battles into the butana. but by the time the axumite king aezanas marched into kush around a. d. 350, its monarchy apparently no longer existed. a detailed axumite inscription makes no mention of the meroites, but does refer to the noba, a people who were known to have harrassed the meroites from the west bank of the nile. so the final downfall of the kingdom of kush is veiled in almost complete darkness.” —william y. adams, archaeologist, as quoted in splendors of the past: lost cities of the ancient world the causes of the final downfall of kush are a. well known. c. mysterious. b. detailed. d. unusual.

in all honesty, it really hasn't. except that hitler killed himself.

the correct answer is d) he deserved the title after his leadership in the battle for independence.

agustin de iturbide was a mexican army general and politician. he to win the war of independence from spain. because of that win he was proclaimed emperor of mexico and crowned in 1822, his reign didn’t last long, in 1823 he abdicated and departed for europe, because of that he was declared a traitor and in 1824 he was executed by a firing squad.

during the debate over his landmark energy policy proposal, president jimmy carter failed to consult one of the most powerful senators, louisiana’s russell long, who would have a big say over whether the legislation moved through the upper chamber. this was classic carter. with a strong distaste for congressional politics, the president simply refused to do what most other presidents would consider routine, such as courting key senators. long became so irate with the president that when he was finally invited to a white house dinner, he stood up to ask a question and, before doing so, proceeded to sarcastically introduce himself: “i’m russell long, chairman of the senate finance committee.”

this interaction is a revealing moment in stuart e. eizenstat’s fascinating new history of carter’s presidency. the former peanut farmer from georgia was a president who, according to conventional wisdom, didn’t care much for party politics; nonetheless, in eizenstat’s view, carter’s legacy on domestic and foreign policy has been vastly underappreciated. the author paints carter as a “bold and determined” leader who bravely attacked the challenges of his time. eizenstat goes so far as to argue that carter might very well be the most successful one-term president in american history.

negative economic effects of the russian people stronger alliances with britain and america strengthening of the russian monarchy