¡¡¡¡eighth and eleventh centuries shows cultural
¡¡¡¡rebirth preceding economic and military revival£¬
¡¡¡¡the reverse of the commonly accepted order of
¡¡¡¡progress.
¡¡¡¡2. The primary purpose of the second paragraph is
¡¡¡¡which of the following£¿
¡¡¡¡£¨A£© To establish the uniqueness of the Byzantine
¡¡¡¡revival
¡¡¡¡£¨B£© To show that Augustan Rome and fifth-century
¡¡¡¡Athens are examples of cultural£¬ economic£¬ and
¡¡¡¡military expansion against which all subsequent
¡¡¡¡cases must be measured
¡¡¡¡£¨C£© To suggest that cultural£¬ economic. and military
¡¡¡¡advances have tended to be closely interrelated in
¡¡¡¡different societies
¡¡¡¡£¨D£© To argue that£¬ while the revivals of Augustan
¡¡¡¡Rome and fifth-century Athens were similar£¬ they
¡¡¡¡are unrelated to other historical examples
¡¡¡¡£¨E£© To indicate that£¬ wherever possible£¬ historians
¡¡¡¡should seek to make comparisons with the
¡¡¡¡earliest chronological examples of revival
¡¡
