How did religious leaders attempt to resolve the iconoclast controversy

religious leaders attempted to resolve the iconoclast controversy through the formation of religious councils. Specifically, the Council of Nicaea, which was attended by the delegates of Pope Adrian the I and came to the conclusion that that icons deserved reverence, but not adoring worship.

a, c, & d are correct:

they wanted lands to settle the extra population.

they wanted new markets for english goods.

they wanted to avoid civil war.

the language dates from the contacts of arabian traders with the inhabitants of the east coast of africa over many centuries. under arab influence, swahili originated as a lingua franca used by several closely related bantu-speaking tribal groups.