16. Which of the following best describes the Age of Absolutism? A) Significant increase in food production

B) Change in Philosophy that questioned king's authority

D) European Kings gain significant power

C) Long-term Proxy war between U. S. and Soviet Union

Option: D) European Kings gain significant power

Explanation:

The Age of Absolutism came after the crises of feudalism. The absolute rulers began concentrating all authority in their hands by successfully raising standing armies and by creating royal bureaucracies directly under their control, collecting taxes independently and formulating independent policies. The theory of Divine Rights of the king provided the moral justification of absolutism. The conditions favouring it were France, Spain, England and Russia. Absolute monarchs carried out the territorial expansion, administrative centralization and political integration that made them extremely powerful as they acted as a sovereign power in their respective states and were not answerable to their subject for any institution.

2686-2181 bce-- "egyptian civilization developed along the nile river in large part because the river’s annual flooding ensured reliable, rich soil for growing crops."

1069-664 bce-- "ancient egyptians developed wide-reaching trade networks along the nile, in the red sea, and in the near east."