alleryStart learning →What helped provincial nobles establish regional states in the 1700s?
AMore centralised revenue administration
BStronger imperial military control
CA uniform provincial succession law
DWeakening central authority
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Weakening central authority
Weaker central authority allowed powerful nobles to build their own regional bases.
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