|Question 21Verbal

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The Republic of Pisa, a sea power based in the Mediterranean port city of Pisa that reached its height around 1100 CE, is considered a thalassocracy-a geopolitical entity whose hegemony resulted from control of the sea rather than of land. Historians classify thalassocracies as distinct from tellurocracies, or land-based powers. _____ the British Empire (1600s-1900s CE) is known for both land and sea supremacy.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
In other words, empires are classified according to their source of power:
A
For example, tellurocracies have long overpowered their rivals:
B
Of course, the distinction is not always so neat:
C
Likewise, thalassocracies are sea-based powers:
D