Why did the center of power shift to Meroë in the fourth century B.C.E.?
a. There was a plague epidemic throughout Egypt.
b. It was a better location for agriculture and trade.
c. Nubia allied militarily with peoples in sub-Saharan Africa.
d. The king of Meroë was the strongest man in the Eastern Hemisphere.
e. Egyptian culture weakened and became degenerate.
ANSWER:
b
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