In 1633 the views of people overall in sciences and the church were more constricted because what was said was obeyed. 1992 is closer to our time where scientific discoveries were expanded on and investigated, not completely ignored. The Church has been more open to other ideas while still remaining strong to the Catholic tradition in current years as opposed to the 1600s.
A thing that wouldn't be necessary condition for the growth of an empire would be internal revolutions and revolts - D.
This option, compared to the others, actually underminens the possibility of success within one empire after some time as undermining authority and creating revolutions doesn't help when creating an empire.
Sewing machine made production much faster while tailors needed much time depending on their expertise
