The answer is nation-state, hope this helps!
The South continued to focus in agriculture. However, compared to the pre-civil war era, slaves were now allowed to make their own decisions. Most landowners have sold their lands. Slaves transitioned to paid laborers. They were given more freedom to choose the job that was made available to them during this time.
They were incredibly talented and skilled at art. evidence of history of their artwork, plus it shows a different form of currency.
<span>The correct answer should be The Byzantine Empire flourished. The Byzantine empire adopted Christianity while it was still Roman empire and the religions didn't merge but rather went their own ways, splitting into Orthodoxy and Catholicism, former in the east latter in the west. The Byzantine empire flourished and became one of the strongest powers in the world.</span>