Answer:
b it was difficult to grow crop
<span>The correct answer should be The Byzantine Empire flourished. The Byzantine empire adopted Christianity while it was still Roman empire and the religions didn't merge but rather went their own ways, splitting into Orthodoxy and Catholicism, former in the east latter in the west. The Byzantine empire flourished and became one of the strongest powers in the world.</span>
During the antebellum era, both the North and the South have been producing cotton and textiles. However, because the North has far more advantages than the south in terms of technological advancements, the North was able to produce more products by the end of the era such as guns, crops, machine parts and more.
They probably want (a) but the real answer is neither.
Its D all of the above
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