I believe the answer is: B.because of advances in science, medicine, technology, and the arts
During the hand civilization, China developed many advancement in use of herbs for medicinal purpose and adopted many technology from all across the world which increase their agricultural production capacity.
Their artworks were also developed to the point where it became a hot commodity among European nobles.
Federalism is a mixed form of government in which power is shared, ideally equally, between a central (federal) government and region (state) governments.
Federalism generally reduced the rights of the states, since they became actors within a federal system and limited in their powers, rather than operating as their own distinct entities.
Referring to their role as major players of trade routes in Asia and the indian ocean.
They managed to fulfill this roles due to their superior exploration technology and weapons. The European developed the sea exploration technology at least one century befor the East Asian countries and around 400 years before the South Asian
Answer:
Nile river?
Explantation: Its the only thing I could think of matching that statement