What Compelled the Wave of Iconoclasm in the 720s

question 33

Multiple Choice

What compelled the wave of iconoclasm in the 720s?

• A) the Bubonic Plague
• B) Muslim attacks
• C) famine
• D) the death of the emperor

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Agoraphobia

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