Which of these is a reason early christians were persecuted in the roman empire? early christians engaged in violent demonstrations to gain converts. monotheistic religions were seen as a threat to the roman way of life. christians refused to worship the roman emperor as a god. christians refused to work as slaves or soldiers for rome.

i think it should be slowed colonial western march

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.