Answer:
They controlled important salt and gold trade routes across the Sahara.
Explanation:
The correct statements below are a) Ivan III married a Byzantine princess and c) The Kremlin in Moscow was rebuilt to include a palace and cathedrals. He actually renovated the Kremlin and is the longest-reigning Russian ruler in the history of the country, on top of the fact that he laid the foundations for the Russian nation and tripled the territory of the state.
Many former slaves still were unedumercated and needed to find jobs this lead to a legal form of work known as share cropping (tending to crops for a portion of the crop or a low wage pay)
The answer is Christianity