What was the Delian League? Describe how the Athenians used it to their advantage. (Site 1)

The Delian League is a voluntary association city-states. The Athenians used this to keep people in the city-state so they could build their empire so they have enough soldiers to fight in wars.

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it foreshadows the theme of the paragraph and hints the topic that will be discussed in the paragraph!

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.