Compared to the Ottoman Empire, the Safavid Empire was A. sparsely populated and lacked natural resources.

B. far from trade routes but rich in oil.​

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.