Who was the society of righteous and harmonious fists fighting against in the boxer rebellion? a. communist party of china b. christian missionaries and foreigners c. the empress dowager cixi and the qing dynasty d. chinese nationalist party

I think the answer would be C. The Empress Dowager Cixi and the Qing Dynasty. I hope this helps.

The correct answer is B.

Explanation:

The Boxer Rebellion was an anti-imperialist, anti-foreign, and anti-Christian uprising.

The rebellion took place in 1900, and was led by a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists who  rouse against foreigners and Christians in Chinese territory.

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion