C) Is the Answer Fam..................
Answer:
I think the correct answer is <u>increased long-distance trade and taxation of citizens.</u>
Because the overland trade routes in the Middle East were controlled by the Muslim empires.
This process is natural selection<span>. The traits that confer an advantage to those individuals who leave more offspring are called </span>adaptations<span>. In order for </span>natural selection<span> to operate on a trait, the trait must possess heritable variation and must confer an advantage in the competition for resources.</span>
