________ united poetry and music in the intimate form of the lied.

To "rag" a melody is to

a. syncopate the rhythms of an unsyncopated melody b. play the melody to poor people c. play complain about a melody d. add percussion instruments to it

Which of the following was most responsible for Egyptian culture’s productivity and stability across three millennia?

A. the Nile’s cyclical floods B.the culture’s early efforts at recordkeeping C.the region’s abundance of stone for building D. the culture’s emphasis on military discipline