Which of the following events motivated china to launch its self-strengthening movement in the 19th century?
a. its inability to control its population of serfs
b. its economic failures under communism
c. its defeat in wars against europeans
d. its devotion to laissez-faire economics

- "the past is made of multitudinous items ranging from anything that can be collected, recollected or assessed to originate in the past. as such, the past is a gallimaufry of particulars that may not have been related in any way. however, the human mind seeks organization to understand concepts and other things. the human mind therefore seeks relationships in explaining and studying the past. history being a humanity, dictates that historians have to serve this human trait by bringing structure to details of the past. historians do this by creating interpretive frameworks that capture as many details as possible."

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answer: sorry but maybe take a pic of the map so nobody's confused

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