1. what time period does the american cyclopaedia use to explain the “dark ages”?

2. does “intellectual depression” refer to the people of the “dark ages” or historical knowledge of the time?

3. does this definition resemble more the original meaning of the “dark ages” or the meaning it gained over time?

Which line from extremely loud and incredibly close reveals a melancholy tone? as for the bracelet mom wore to the funeral, what i did was i converted dad’s last voice message into morse code, and i used sky-blue beads for silence, maroon beads for breaks between letters . . she said it was the best gift she’d ever received. i asked her if it was better than the edible tsunami, from when i was interested in edible meteorological events. she said, “different.” i wanted to tell her she shouldn’t be playing scrabble yet. or looking in the mirror. or turning the stereo any louder than what you needed just to hear it. it wasn’t fair to dad, and it wasn’t fair to me. i made her other morse code jewelry with dad’s messages—a necklace, an anklet, some dangly earrings, a tiara—but the bracelet was definitely the most beautiful, probably because it was the last, which made it the most precious.

Plz how did the jews of the diaspora preserve their heritage?

Which of the following would an isolationist support?