Discuss the arc that brought the Taliban to the Swat Valley: the earthquake, Radio Mullah, increasing influence. Why does tyranny take root in a populace? Why do you think the Taliban were able to gain power? Be sure to provide textual evidence and explanation for your answer.

Occurrences of major earthquakes are considered unusual, but minor tremors happen frequently. which word is an adjective?

From his studies of coptic, champollion knew that the egyptian word for "sun" was pronounced rah. he wrote down the first two letters of that sound, ra. next he put a question mark for the unknown middle hieroglyph. then, at the end, he wrote ss, the sound of the last two hieroglyphs. he studied the combination: ra ? ss. suddenly he remembered a famous pharaoh whose name appeared in ancient greek chronicles and also in the biblical book of exodus: rameses, or ramesses. could this be a hieroglyphic representation of ramesses' name? based on the excerpt, what detail did champollion need to conclude that the hieroglyphics might represent ramesses’s name?

Which type of conflict does della face in o. henry’s “the gift of the magi”? a. character versus society b. character versus machine c. character versus character d. character versus nature