Which action is an example of the Renaissance idea of secularism? A. A politician argues that religious images should not be displayed in any government building
B. An artist creates a painting based on his feelings and emotions rather than on themes from ancient Rome
C. A high school requires all of its students to study mythological stories written by the ancient Greeks
D. A parent encourages her daughter to focus on her own performance rather than on the record of her soccer team​

discovery of cape town-portuguese empire

development of africans language-dutch east india company

introduction of railway-british empire

the industrial development of cities in the ruhr area in the nineteenth century is described. the research was based on english and german language sources. several factors that shaped growth and paths of the cities were categorized and analyzed. they are locations, resources, traditions, entrepreneurs, and technological developments. locations and resources were the most important among them; other factors may be regarded as consequences from locations and resources. among the cities, bochum, essen, gelsenkirchen, and dortmund had the richest resources and most favorable locations in the transportation network and grew to be the largest cities in the ruhr area near the end of the nineteenth century. riverside location was also a favorable factor for the development, as shown in the development of duisburg on the confluence of rhine and ruhr. resource distribution can explain the rise of textile industry, metallurgical industry, and coal and iron industries, and the northward progression of the mining industry. tradition was an important factor for cities such as krefeld, barmen, elberfeld, solingen, and remscheid, which experienced development based on their traditions through the nineteenth century. various entrepreneurs exerted influences within and beyond the local level over the ruhr area. technological development stimulated the northward progression of the mining industry and the deep connection between the coal and the iron industries.

on the succession of solomon's son, rehoboam, around 930 bce, the biblical account reports that the country split into two kingdoms: the kingdom of israel (including the cities of shechem and samaria) in the north and the kingdom of judah (containing jerusalem) in the south.

randy pausch was a famous mathematician, writer and lecturer who is particularly famous for his last speech, given in 2007, "the las lecture", because he illustrates why one's dreams need to be pursued in a logical order if success is to be obtained, option c. at this time, pausch had been diagnosed with terminal cancer so he told the audience to follow their childhood dreams, which were possible to achieve. it has been recognized as one of the best motivational speech around the world.