One reason why Islamic forces wanted to weaken the Byzantine Empire during the First Crusade is because the Byzantine empire A. pretended to side with Islamist forces and then sabotaged them. B. had captured holy cities and destroyed religious artifacts. C. attempted to remain neutral between both sides. D. aligned with European crusaders against Islamic forces.

B. had captured holy cities and destroyed religious artifacts

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aligned with European crusaders algainst Islamic forces

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the correct answer that would best complete the given statement above would be option b. expanding civil services. diocletian and constantine paved the way for foreign invasion by dividing the empire, creating administrative bureaucracies and reorganizing the military, except for expanding civil services. hope this answer .

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when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.