Why didn't benjamin franklin want england to be treated harshly during the peace negotiations?
a. king george iii was his cousin.
b. franklin was a spy for england.
c. he was afraid england would retaliate and attack the united states in the near future.
d. he believed the united states and england would become allies in the future.

the conditions that made the byzantine empire vulnerable to attacks by the muslin turks were the sack of constantinople by western crusaders, the conquests of the sultanate of rum, presence of rival kingdoms and finally the set up of fiefdoms at the empire which were owned by the ghazis (turkish warriors).

on november 6 and 7, 1917 (or october 24 and 25 on the julian calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the october revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by bolshevik party leader vladimir lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the duma's provisional government.