What was significant about sima qian’s writings?

a. they told the history of the eunuchs who served the han emperors.
b. they were the first collection of daoist ideas on government.
c. they included a comprehensive history of china and set a standard for historical writing.
d. they represented the first time a han official had written in support of legalism.

During the seventeenth century a. the english monarchy was temporarily replaced by a new government called the commonwealth. b. the english enjoyed an unprecedented period of economic and political security. c. the english government was seized by the puritans, who instituted a strict oligarchy. d. the english united with spain and holland to battle france for supremacy in the new world.