Answer: The answer is the 1st option.
Explanation: The first sentence in the passage above talks about predicting the possibility of Mongolian domination and then the rest of that paragraph backs this prediction by outlining how weak or fragmented much of the world was. So the author was suggesting that the world seemed to be ripe for conquest.
The second paragraph makes reference to ignoring the latent forces of the Arabian Desert" because Arabia would have seemed what it had been for times immemorial, the refuge of small and bickering nomadic tribes. This reinforces the idea that no one would have predicted a new, powerful empire to emerge from Arabia at that time.
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Out of the following, the most important reason for the success of the economy of Han China was the Han control of the Silk Road trade.
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Emperor Han Wudi, popularly known as Emperor Wu, established the Silk Road and paved the way to the economic development of the Han Dynasty. This road enabled the Chinese traders to reach the faraway countries of Eurasia and do trade with the people there. This ultimately brought prosperity to the region and gave Han Dynasty the recognition of a successful economy.
Athens is the daughter of Zeus and Hera
The Black Death.
The Mongol conquests.
The journeys of Marco Polo.
It involves all countries except Kenya
