Tax farming-the paying of taxes in advance for the right to collect greater amounts from others-caused the Ottoman empire to rely more on
a. shifting the tax burden to the rich.
b. imposing a tariff on foreign agricultural products.
c. overfarming.
d. powerful provincial governors
e. peasants working on government land to pay government expenses.
ANSWER:
d
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