Why did the Safavid rulers disappear as a dynasty by the 1700s?
A) The Safavids' centralized bureaucratic empire was authoritarian.
B) The military was too weak to compete with other Muslim and Western empires.
C) The Safavids were invaded by the Iraqis.
D) The Safavids could not overcome their tribal alliances.
E) The Safavids were suffocated by their bureaucracy.
D
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a. Fair Deal. b. Big Deal. c. Big Stick. d. New Deal. e. Square Deal.
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A. shipping in the English Channel B. Caribbean sugar colonies C. Tories in New York D. Florida
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A) in court rooms B) in schools C) in hotels D) on streetcars
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