Why were Americans taken hostage in Iran in 1979?

The hostage-takers wanted the shah returned to power.
The hostage-takers were protesting the pro-American monarchy.
The hostage-takers wanted release of money that had been blocked.
The hostage-takers wanted to overthrow the American-led government.

i think the correct answer is:

byzantine icon- served as religious symbols in christian churches and were valued and respected for their beauty

illuminated manuscript-preserved classical greek and roman knowledge and were the first bound books

couples could only have one child to reduce the population growth.

i think it would be c.

hope i'm correct

explanation:

explanation:

these are the geographical features of the gupta empire.

1)it inherited the land owned by the mauryan empire.

2)one obvious difference between the two empires is that the gupta empire was smaller that the mauryan.

3)the gupta empire is located in the northern region of the subcontinent underneath the himalayan and hindu kush mountains.

the gupta empire, marked by extensive inventions and discoveries that contributed to hindu culture, in subjects such as science, technology, engineering, art, dialectic, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy.

this period was also known as the golden age of india