What was one major cause of the Mughal Empire's decline in the 1700s? A The Ottoman Empire became the world's most powerful Muslim
state
B. The empire established intolerant policies based on Sharia law.
C. European states refused to allow merchants to trade with the
empire
O D. Christian Janissaries began to rebel against the empire's leaders

they usually pass federal laws

and sometimes in the elections of the president

d is the correct answer

the lachish letters were written by hoshaiah, a military officer stationed possibly in mareshah,   and sent to yaush, possibly the commanding officer at lachish.

the series of letters were written in carbon ink in ancient hebrew on clay ostraca, shortly before lachish fell to the babylonian army of king nebuchadnezzar in 588/6 bc during the reign of zedekiah, king of judah.