Why did Ottoman sultans create the Janissary? Select one:
a. The sultans believed that the Christians they conquered would be less likely to revolt against an army of former Christians.
b. They had been unable to overtake Constantinople, so they hoped that Christian soldiers could serve as spies or insurgents.
c. They had lost the money they needed to pay soldiers, so they decided to raise an army of slaves.
d. A sultan's greatest fear was to be overthrown from within, by a rival Muslim family or disgruntled subject

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Which of the following episodes led to widespread charges that president reagan was not in adequate control? a. the u.s. retreat from lebanon after the bombing deaths of 241 u.s. marines as they lay sleeping in their barracks near beirut b. the trading of arms for hostages and the illegal funding of a right-wing insurgency in the iran-contra affair c. the sale of millions of acres of public lands to private corporations by the department of interior d. the proposal to congress, year after year, of federal budgets with huge deficits that ultimately ended up tripling the national debt

The main reason that the royal society of london developed the modern form of peer review was to: award grant funding. decide on promotions for researchers. streamline the publication of conference proceedings. control the quality of published papers.