Russia's decision to withdraw from World War I resulted in the country: A. being invaded by its former British and French allies.
B. taking control over natural resources in the Ukraine.
C. receiving diplomatic and economic support from Germany.
D. losing control over a significant amount of territory.

35. B. By the end of World War I, the U.S. economy soared, increasing its status as a key world power. Whereas Japan prospered to a lesser extent (A), Russia and France suffered economically because the war was carried out within their borders (D, E). China emerged from World War I essentially as a protectorate of Japan (C). 36. C.

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

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