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← HistoryDuring the Byzantine period, which outcome followed when siege warfare threatened Constantinople's water supply outside the walls?
A)Diplomatic gifts secured an aqueduct truce✓
B)Greek fire repelled infrastructure destruction
C)Mosaics incentivized adversary compliance
D)Silk monopolies funded defensive fortifications
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Byzantine defensive diplomacy often involved bribes; thus, gifting the attackers valuable items secured a truce around critical infrastructure, because they prioritized immediate gain; therefore protecting the conduits rather than destroying the water source; other measures were useful, but occurred after diplomacy failed.
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