In Central Asia Just Before the 1700s, What Military Developments

question 43

Multiple Choice

In Central Asia just before the 1700s, what military developments changed the balance of power and allowed the sedentary agricultural states to conquer the nomads?

• A) gunpowder and effective hand weapons
• B) catapults
• C) improved armor
• D) Soldiers from sedentary agricultural states learned to ride horses.
• E) a larger army

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