What do historians hope to achieve when they make historical arguments? A. Refute a possible criticism of an essay's argumentative thesis
B. Identify any type of bias that might exist in a historical essay
C. Summarize another historian's research without formally citing it
D. Convince others that a particular opinion about the past is correct

The answer is d. spain.

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.

Suspicious of a strong national government