The Catholic Church became corrupted, due to its overgrown power. Because of the Pope's overspendings, the Pope started the Sales of Indulgences. The Sales of Indulgences was a scheme to earn more money. It made people spend money so that they/family members go into heaven. This upsetted a reformer, Martin Luther. That started the Reformation. So in summery, the Catholic Church gained to much power ( more than the nobility) and it wanted more money. BTW, this only a little bit of it.
The territories were most actively part of the world trade patterns from 100 Bc - 500 Ce are the Europe and Asia. During this period, there was a road that is used to have trade routes that connected the cultures and different features of many cultures of the Europe and Asia. This road is called the "Silk Road".
That some ancient thinkers had disagreed with Aristotle and other accepted authorities of the Middle Ages
Answer:
D. It caused a decline in cotton production.
Explanation:
The slaves in America were used in the fields to help produce cotton. Without them, the cotton production went down.
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