The answer is C. It's a Turkish peninsula.
"<span>He divided the empire into two halves and shared his power with a co-emperor" would be the best option from this list, since this was greatly credited with saving the empire from external ruin.</span>
C. the closing of the First Bank of the United States
I believe the best answer for this would be D
Explanation: The Mandate of Heaven did not require a ruler to be of noble birth, and had no time limitations. Instead, rulers were expected to be good and just in order to keep the Mandate. The Zhou claimed that their rule was justified by the Mandate of Heaven. In other words, the Zhou believed that the Shang kings had become immoral with their excessive drinking, luxuriant living, and cruelty, and so had lost their mandate.