The Song Dynasty was so large and that was a factor in the empire's decline. They created so many positions within the bureaucracy and the men in those positions received a generous amount of money.
A bank of the U.S., or the National Bank.
However, determining the precise beginning and ending to any "period" is often arbitrary, since it has changed over time over the course of history.
Sharia Law or Islamic law, is essentially a religious law, which is part of Islamic tradition. It is derived from the rule of Islam, especially from Qur'an and Hadith. A typical Sharia-regulated country is where the Shari'ah is dominant in both the religious and the social and every other sense, which means that he sharia implied in the legal system of that state. Examples of classical Sharia law systems are Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Sudan.
The answer is: c.