1. Cyrus the Great 2. Sardis, Susa
Answer: the church in the west
Explanation:
While political and economic decentralization characterized western Europe between 500 and 1000 C.E., the Catholic Church emerged as a unifying institution with great religious, political, and economic power.
The type of economy system that you described is a traditional type of economy. (letter D). The traditional economy is the original type of economy that existed before the invention of money. The traditional type of economy was more rural and produce based wherein bartering or trading of goods was the way of life. People only produced and received exactly what they needed and the excess was usually given up to the ruler. The people in the economy only traded with each other in order to regulate the cycle of produced goods.
Functionalism i think that is the answer..
region was the center of the fight over land between the British and French