The answer is A, becuase it's the only one of them didn't colapse
I know that it was cheap land so it would be A or D to my best judgement. Are you good at math?
The farmers produced more food than needed and were able to feed people like the craft workers and traders
During 1500 - 1800 Muslim controls of North Africa placed a type of obstacle to European exploration of interior of Africa from north. So the Dutch were the starters to en-route in direction to interior including South Africa as a part of developing routes to trade with Asia
Hope this helps!
~LYNA~
The battle at Fort Sumter is believed to have started the Civil war