The samurai a. took oaths of poverty, chastity, and obedience before their formal investiture. b. were similar to medieval European knights. c. were the oath-pledged military retainers of the shogun, constituting a formal national army. d. were a hereditary warrior class in medieval Japan recruited in Manchuria and Siberia. e. were recruited from the peasant class.

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Historians have recently discovered a historical journal published in the early twentieth century. the journal contains facts based on original sources about the downfall of the early byzantium empire. historians consider this long-lost journal to be a breakthrough in their understanding of the byzantium empire. based on this information, the journal is a source.

Montezuma was taken prisoner by the spanish and held captive for months while the spanish ransacked the city of tenochtitlan. what was the fate of montezuma? a he escaped only to be cut down in battle.b he reasoned with the spanish and got them to leave the city.c he died of old age while in the custody of cortes.d he was struck with stones trying to plead for peace with his people and it is reported he died a few days later.