As the Catholic Church became rich and powerful it began to have problems with all the following EXCEPT for: A. paud too much in taxes to the king
B. ignored religious vows
C. paid less attention to religious matters
D. corruption​

in 550 b.c.e. cyrus the great, the leader of the persians, conquered the medes and united the iranian people under one ruler for the first time. cyrus became the first king of the persian empire and went on to establish one of the largest empires in world.