Which of the Following Was Not a Characteristic of the World-State

question 38

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not a characteristic of the world-state built by the Persians?

• A)A large measure of provincial self-rule and respect for local cultures
• B)The use of a uniform language, Aramaic, written in a modified version of the Phoenician alphabet
• C)An effective system of governors (satraps) and special agents who watched over the governors
• D)A close modeling on all aspects of Assyrian rule
• E)An impressive infrastructure of roads, a postal service, common weights and measures, and an empire-wide coinage

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Definitions:

Standard Deviations

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Variance

Variance measures the dispersion of a set of data points around their mean value, indicating how spread out the data is.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean and is calculated as the square root of the variance.

Coefficient Of Variation

A measure of relative variability calculated as the standard deviation divided by the mean, often expressed as a percentage.