Answer: Sphere of influence
Explanation:
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They turned to the arts as a means of creative expression
<u>Explanation</u>:
Before Kublai Khan took over China, it had an open social hierarchy system wherein the citizens could take up civil examinations in order to move forward. Kublai Khan turned this open system into a closed one and demoted the elite literary group.
He made sure that the elite were only those who had inherited it by birth. While this happened, the artisans and craftsmen were given increasing importance and therefore everyone turned towards art as a form of expression as a means of saving their lives. The- literati were made to write to entertain their elite masters.
The facts that the French kings had amassed a large amount of land and advocated "Feudalism" as a contributed to the increase in power of the French monarchy during the 1100s.
Explanation:
The French monarchy was known for ruling strictly. Also in the eleventh century, the French kings started to become more authoritative and the influence of the Pope was becoming less.
The Feudal system also helped the King to have complete control over the whole territory and gather the maximum amount of wealth in the royal treasury.
Also, the expansion into the English Channel by William II contributed towards the French monarchy's rising power.
