The imposed by the tanglers in the mid-700s brought about a great hardship for the people yet still failed to cover the military expansion and new building
programs started by the rulers. this was one of the factors that led to the empire's demise.

Ahistorian has discovered a letter written by an early roman emperor. she translates the letter and discovers that it contains orders to a general before a battle. she works to determine when the letter was written to figure out which battle the letter references. the historian in the passage is most clearly demonstrating which historical thinking skill? a. identifying causes and historical contextb. thinking chronologicallyc. making and evaluating arguments and interpretationsd. analyzing historical sources