Which of the following best characterizes African peoples during the early modern period? A. Impoverished-struggling agriculture, cut off from international trade, and hard-hit by bubonic plague
B. Isolated - cut off from international trade, no exposure to other languages, and no resistance to outside disease
C. Cohesive-mostly organized into large empires with only a few languages but the same religious beliefs
D. Diverse-multiple languages, religions, and forms of government