What can be identified as the author's purpose in the following statement by chief seattle? "the great, and i presume also good, white chief sends us word that he wants to buy our lands but is willing to allow us to reserve enough to live on comfortably. this indeed appears generous, for the red man no longer has rights that he need respect, and the offer may be wise, also, for we are no longer in need of a great country."

He wants his people to accept the deal presented to them by the "white chief."- he keeps on persuading the people that this is a good deal. the chief is being generous and still thinks of them on how they will live comfortably. it is a wise offer but the chief still thinks of the people

Explanation: hope this helps :)

the arab empire adopted the muslim religion as their main belief. arabs would influence the people from the territories they invaded towards islam (the muslim belief).

nevertheless, throughout the history of the arab empire, rulers brought intellectual individuals from other religions to their centers of learning. these other foreigners included jews, christians, greeks, persians, and indians.   these resulted in the adoption of important knowledge developed by these cultures by the arabic empire. for example, the works of aristotle were translated from greek to arab and indian scientists brought the numerical concept of "zero" to the arabs.

nowadays, 93% of the arab population is muslim, which at the same time is subdivided in sects including the sunni, zaini, alawi, shia. the remaining 7% is composed mainly of christians.

money is the anwser i think