Shah Abbas revitalized the Safavid regime by all of the following means EXCEPT
A) increasing the use of gunpowder weapons.
B) making land grants to qizilbash officers.
C) expelling the Portuguese from Hormuz.
D) forging alliances with the Ottomans against Europeans.
E) promoting trade with other lands.
Ans: D) forging alliances with the Ottomans against Europeans.
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