Why Did Kievan Commerce Decline in the Eleventh Century

question 76

Multiple Choice

Why did Kievan commerce decline in the eleventh century?

• A) Ties to southern trading regions were severed.
• B) Civil war disrupted trade.
• C) outbreaks of plague killed many city dwellers.
• D) Alliance with the Roman church brought a schism with Constantinople.

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