Many of the plays of playwright George Bernard Shaw can be placed under the special heading of "comedy of ideas" as they discuss controversial social issues.

Which destabilizing influence did the Ottoman, Mughal and Safavid empires face in the period 1450-1750?

a. A growing influx of silver through trade with the West leading to widespread inflation b. Revived threats from central Asian nomads c. Western siege and occupation of their capital cities d. Unprecedented drought e. Bubonic plague outbreaks that reduced populations by one-third

Goya immortalized the history of the French occupation of Spain in a landmark series of etchings and aquatints known as

A. The Disasters of War. B. The Departure of the Volunteers. C. The Third of May. D. The Raft of the "Medusa."