The best way to reduce the likelihood of civil war is (a) disarming governments. (b) disarming rebels. (c) encouraging economic development and democratization. (d) preventing other parties from intervening in conflicts. (e) establishing effective international institutions that can abolish war.

(c) encouraging economic development and democratization.

Explanation:

Civil wars result in a country where some groups or a sect of a country believe that their interest and opinions on national matters are neglected. This leads to a desire for self-rule. Economic development that affects every section of a country and the consideration of the opinions of every sect of the country in national issues will help avert civil war. This is because, every individual will feel involved in the policies and government of the day and will have a sense of believe on the system thus quelling any form of unrest and dissatisfaction with the system.

explanation:

these are the geographical features of the gupta empire.

1)it inherited the land owned by the mauryan empire.

2)one obvious difference between the two empires is that the gupta empire was smaller that the mauryan.

3)the gupta empire is located in the northern region of the subcontinent underneath the himalayan and hindu kush mountains.

the gupta empire, marked by extensive inventions and discoveries that contributed to hindu culture, in subjects such as science, technology, engineering, art, dialectic, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy.

this period was also known as the golden age of india