¡¡¡¡No doubt this hypothetical pattern did apply at times
¡¡¡¡during the course of the recovery. Yet it is not clear that
¡¡¡¡military advances invariably came first£¬ economic
¡¡¡¡advances second£¬ and intellectual advances third. In the
¡¡¡¡£¨40£© 860's the Byzantine Empire began to recover from Arab
¡¡¡¡incursions so that by 872 the military balance with the
¡¡¡¡Abbasid Caliphate had been permanently altered in the
¡¡¡¡empire's favor. The beginning of the empire's economic
¡¡¡¡revival£¬ however£¬ can be placed between 810 and 830
¡¡¡¡£¨45£© Finally£¬ the Byzantine revival of learning appears to
¡¡¡¡have begun even earlier. A number of notable scholars
¡¡¡¡and writers appeared by 788 and£¬ by the last decade of
¡¡¡¡the eighth century£¬ a cultural revival was in full bloom£¬ a
¡¡¡¡revival that lasted until the fall of Constantinople in
¡¡¡¡£¨50£© 1453.Thus the commonly expected order of military
¡¡¡¡revival followed by economic and then by cultural
¡¡¡¡recovery was reversed in Byzantium. In fact£¬ the revival
¡¡¡¡of Byzantine learning may itself have influenced the
¡¡¡¡subsequent economic and military expansion.
¡¡¡¡1. Which of the following best states the central idea of
¡¡¡¡the passage£¿
¡¡¡¡£¨A£© The Byzantine Empire was a unique case in
¡¡¡¡which the usual order of military and economic
¡¡¡¡revival preceding cultural revival was reversed.
¡¡¡¡£¨B£© The economic£¬ cultural£¬ and military revival in the
¡¡¡¡Byzantine Empire between the eighth and
¡¡¡¡eleventh centuries was similar in its order to the
¡¡¡¡sequence of revivals in Augustan Rome and fifth-
¡¡¡¡century Athens.
¡¡¡¡£¨C£© After 810 Byzantine economic recovery spurred a
¡¡¡¡military and£¬ later£¬ cultural expansion that lasted
¡¡¡¡until 1453.
¡¡¡¡£¨D£© The eighth-century revival of Byzantine learning
¡¡¡¡is an inexplicable phenomenon£¬ and its economic
¡¡¡¡and military precursors have yet to be discovered.
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