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The correct answer is B, <em>they struggled for control of the Middle East</em>.
Explanation:
The history of the relationship between the Ottomans and Safavids is mainly characterized by their conflicts for the control of different regions of the Middle East. All the other options don't correctly describe this history.
However, because both societies were Muslim according to Islam they couldn't war against each other unless it was for religious reasons.
Thus in the early 1500s Selim I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire consulted his scholars and decided that the Shah Ismail of the Safavids preached heresies against Islam. He then persecuted internal supporters of the Safavids which intensified the rivalry between the two empires.
The conflict between Ottomans and Safavids was fought also through trade embargoes in the 1500s. Ottomans imposed trade embargoes against the Safavids but they only worked until the early 1600s. In the 18th century, they would start to see themselves all parts of the same faith but still fearing each other.
Answer: His teachings, preserved in the Analects, focused on creating ethical models of family and public interaction and setting educational standards. The Zhou had essentially lost its control, and China was divided up into congeries of contending feudal states warring with one another for power and control.
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The Chinese created things called "Terraces" which were flat areas to help them raise their crops.
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If the US had been poor in natural resources than it likely would not have been a major leader in the Industrial Revolution, and would have had to import many resources from South America and elsewhere.