Which of the following most directly led to the decline of the Byzantine Empire in the thirteenth century? * A. The expansion of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates
B. The expansion of the Mongol Empire
C. The collapse of trans-Saharan trade routes in Nothern and Western Africa.
D. The expansion of Crusading activities in the Mediterranean region

the correct answer is d) he deserved the title after his leadership in the battle for independence.

agustin de iturbide was a mexican army general and politician. he to win the war of independence from spain. because of that win he was proclaimed emperor of mexico and crowned in 1822, his reign didn’t last long, in 1823 he abdicated and departed for europe, because of that he was declared a traitor and in 1824 he was executed by a firing squad.

i think economic depression and disrupted trade and commerce

they sent much needed naval support to the colonists, and were instrumental in the siege of yorktown