"A young girl, An Lingshou delighted in the Buddhist teachings and did not wish for her parents to arrange her marriage. Her father said, 'You ought to marry. How can you be so un-filial?' An Lingshou said, 'My mind is concentrated on the work religion... why must I submit three times, to father, husband, and son, before I am considered a woman of respectability?' H father said, 'You want to benefit only one person- yourself. ' An Lingshou said, 'I want to cultivate (Buddhism) because I wa to free all living beings from suffering."" - excerpt from Lives of the Nuns, by Shi Baochang, writer of biographies of important Buddhist nuns, c. 516CE Which change in social structure due to the spread of Buddhism in China is being described in the excerpt? A) women could join monastic orders B) women were considered socially equal to men women no longer had to accept arranged marriages D) filial piety was no longer emphasized in Chinese culture

before we work more on piecing ideas together to form summaries and paragraphs, we need to look at fundamental sentence construction. imagine you are reading a book for school. you need to find important details that you can use for an assignment. however, when you begin to read, you notice that the book has very little punctuation. the sentences fail to form complete paragraphs and instead form one block of text without clear organization. most likely, this book would frustrate and confuse you. without clear and concise sentences, it is difficult to find the information you need.

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martin luther believed that selling indulgences was wrong and gave people a license to sin. the roman catholic church used the practice of indulgences to raise money for major building projects.

1. explain aspects of the democratic process as it was developed in ancient athens

2. trace the roots of the americans political process to ancient athens

3. explain the relationship of citizens to the political process