B , Without the faith if people there wouldnt have been a mandate of heaven it wouldve been just some random chinese dude saying he had the right to rule so the more people took the principle seriously the more power it had to influence , and thats how we ended up with the mandate
This Artifact indicates that the Byzantine Empire spread Christianity, namely due to the east-west schism, Eastern Orthodoxy. :)
The military helped out with that go to Wikipedia.com I'm sure youll find out more
