During the Seventeenth Century, Rising Levels of Global Commerce Increased

question 14

Multiple Choice

During the seventeenth century, rising levels of global commerce increased prosperity in the Ming and Mughal Empires but also led to which of the following?

• A) great pandemics
• B) widespread famine
• C) a decline in centralized state control
• D) the loss of political independence

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Split Brain

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Conscious Awareness

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Information Processing

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