Max weber linked the emergence of capitalism to the (a) calvinist doctrine of predestination (b) catholic monks’ belief in asceticism (c) protestants’ desire for material luxuries (d) increasing power of the nobility in medieval europe incorrect (e) hindu belief in reincarnation

Option (A) is correct.

Explanation:

Predestination is a known as a doctrine or principle under Calvinism which mostly deals with question of authority that God has over the world. The main use of word "predestination" tends to refer to belief under which God tends to appoint eternal destiny of an individual to salvation through grace, whereas abstaining remainder in order to receive hell for all sins committed by them.

first, the romans stayed isolated because they had to defend their own territories from neighboring cities that were harassing them, like the etruscans. second, once the romans managed to defeat their neighbors, and started to expand their territory, they started to build roads and bridges. finally, now that the romans have covered their territory with roads functioning as highways, they could mobilize their legions faster to assemble larger military units in a specific place.