Answer:
the Ottomans were not tolerant towards other religions but the Mughals were accepting. ... 1) Were tolerant towards other religions in their empire. 2) Mainly run by Muslims but allowed Hindus to have government and military positions.
It would be the development in agricultural knowledge/technology
Development in agriculture enable hunter/gatherer society to shift their behavior. Before this, they had to keep moving from one place to another in order to seek food to live.
After the development in agricultural knowledge/technology, the society now can stay in one exact place for a long period of time and relied on agricultural product as their main source food.
After living in one same place for a long time, the needs to build things to accommodate their living start to arise. They start to built several things and repeat the process every year. In the end, large cities were developed from the initially small hunter/gatherer society.
"<span>D. Travel became difficult and dangerous as lawlessness increased and roads fell into disrepair" is the best option from the list, although this wasn't universally true. </span>