Herodotus. Herodotus a greek author heres mor info: Herodotus. Herodotus, (born 484 bce?, Halicarnassus, Asia Minor [now Bodrum, Turkey]?—died c. 430–420), Greek author of the first great narrative history produced in the ancient world, the History of the Greco-Persian Wars.
The answer to this question would be A. absolute monarchs established stable governments to protect people and enforce laws.
Both for economic opportunity and to start cattle ranches (mainly economic opportunity though, as they didn't really discover cattle herding until seeing it done by the western Indian tribes