1. Industry rose to due to rapid urbanization.
2. Industrial production had risen rapidly due to mechanization.
3. Over half of the nation's industrial labor force was foreign born.
One of the first known practitioners of the filibuster was the Roman senator Cato the Younger.
I would say the correct answer is <span>D. The increase in food production that allowed more people to pursue education.
I don't think A is correct because peasants and the bureaucracy don't really have much to do with science or culture; B is also incorrect because the Song dynasty didn't have a caste system; C is incorrect because women at the time didn't really affect culture or science. This is why I believe D is the correct answer.
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I’m 90% sure that the answer is C.
