What contributed to the collapse of the Safavid Empire? overexpansion brought on by an intensely competitive commercial ethos

a lack of support for scholarship and the arts

a breakdown in religious adherence

genocidal war

weak rulers, declining tax revenues, droughts, and epidemics

2points which excerpt from thomas paine's common sense best represents an attempt to appeal to ethos to persuade the reader? a. the infant state of the colonies, as it is called, so far from being against, is an argument in favor of independence. b. to talk of friendship with those in whom our reason forbids us to have faith is madness and folly. o c. oye that love mankind! ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! o d. i am not induced by motives of pride, party, or resentment to espouse the doctrine of separation and independence..