Sahel-the ecoclimatic and biogeographic realms transition in Africa between Sahara to the north’s s the Sudanian savanna to the south.
I’m sure it’s Sahel
I believe Economist such as Adam smith would believe that.
Adam smith is one of the original economists that popularized the free market system. He believed that even with less or no Government intervention, the Market will regulate itself to the power of 'invisible hands' (or what we known as the power of supply and demand that always move toward equilibrium)
The answer you are looking for is option 3. Heavy taxes imposed by Aurangzeb.
Nurjahan, the father of Aurangzeb, began to build the Taj Majal that was being built for his deceased wife. This implied that he was not doing things for the people of the empire.
In the late 1600s, Emperor Aurangzeb rejected the tolerant policies of Akbar and resumed<em> the persecution of the Hindus</em> that existed before him, <em>which caused economic difficulties increased under heavy taxes and discontent sparked revolts against the Mughal rule.
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These conditions favoured European merchants to take hold in the powerful Mughal Empire.
Some examples is the holocaust in 1933 and Armenia 1915