eighth and eleventh centuries shows cultural

　　rebirth preceding economic and military revival，

　　the reverse of the commonly accepted order of

　　progress.

　　2. The primary purpose of the second paragraph is

　　which of the following？

　　（A） To establish the uniqueness of the Byzantine

　　revival

　　（B） To show that Augustan Rome and fifth-century

　　Athens are examples of cultural， economic， and

　　military expansion against which all subsequent

　　cases must be measured

　　（C） To suggest that cultural， economic. and military

　　advances have tended to be closely interrelated in

　　different societies

　　（D） To argue that， while the revivals of Augustan

　　Rome and fifth-century Athens were similar， they

　　are unrelated to other historical examples

　　（E） To indicate that， wherever possible， historians

　　should seek to make comparisons with the

　　earliest chronological examples of revival