In 377 bc, what city was the capitol of a small kingdom along the mediterranean coast of asia minor?

a. rhodes

b. halicarnassus

c. mausolus

d. artemisia

The answer is:  B. Halicarnassus

In the past, Halicarnassus was a part of Ancient Greek's city. It's predicted to be a capitol of a small kingdom due to various advanced archituctural ruins that founded in this city (such as king's burial, arena, etc) This city eventually taken over by Turkish empire during its conquest, and now it's located in a city called Bordum.

no

explanation:

since the earth is flattened at the poles and bulges at the equator, geodesy represents the figure of the earth as an oblate spheroid. the oblate spheroid, or oblate ellipsoid, is an ellipsoid of revolution obtained by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.