Which was a key feature of trade and urbanization during roman times? a. shortages of food for the lower skilled workers b. great merchants becoming the elites of rome c. well-built and secure roads and sea lanes d. lower population numbers of the middle class

an economic reason that the south needed a reconstruction plan is that plantations, factories, and other businesses were destroyed during the war.

islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation. however, in the modern contexts of muslims minorities in non-muslim countries as well as secularised muslim states like turkey, indonesia and bangladesh, religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal shapes.

compared to religious leaders/clerics of the other abrahamic faiths, islamic clergy are said to resemble rabbis and not priests. unlike catholic priests they do not "serve as intermediaries between mankind and god",[1] have "process of ordination",[2] or "sacramental functions",[1] but instead serve as "exemplars, teachers, judges, and community leaders," providing religious rules to the pious on "even the most minor and private" matters.[1]