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The British presence in India began through trade. Men like Robert Clive, of the British East India Company, combined military prowess with a ruthless ambition, and became fabulously wealthy. With wealth came power, and traders took control of huge swaths of India.
The Soviet Union’s means of cutting off Eastern Europe from the rest of the world and turning them communist.
The answer is A and C. Some of the members started to feel the effects of the rising inflation and didn't agree with it at all, but they were not given a choice. Economic growth slowed down and there was less money.
Byzantium/Constantinople was conquered in 1451, but the empire continued to decline starting around the 18th or 19th centuries. It officially died in WWI. As for how long it was a major threat to Europe, the empire's prime was the 16th century, under Suleiman the Magnificent.
