Which of these statements accurately explains why the common era begins with the birth of jesus of nazareth over 2,000 years ago? a. jesus instructed his christian followers to create a new calendar based on his birth and spread it to every country throughout the world. b. the period of time now described as the common era officially began with jesus's declaration that christians, muslims, and jews have many beliefs in common. c. the period of time now described as the common era is based on older christian periodization that divided time into a period before jesus's birth and a period afterward. d. jesus developed a system of measuring time that could be used to more accurately track the passage of time than any other culture's calendar.

The number (of legislative assemblies) ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the confusion and intemperance of a multitude. in all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason. had every athenian citizen been a socrates, every athenian assembly would still have been a mob. 3 what does the excerpt suggest about federalists? a. they preferred the idea of direct democracy over that of representative democracy. b. they thought a bill of rights would give ordinary citizens too much power c. they believed that representatives were better able to vote on national issues than ordinary citizens were. d. they wanted to see a stricter test for those wishing to become americans.