The ottoman, safavid, and mughal empires are sometimes referred to as the "gunpowder empires" because of their use of gunpowder when conquering. these empires would have not been exposed to gunpowder had it not been for
a) marco polo.
b) the silk roads.
c) china's grand canal.
d) the great wall of china.

b) The Silk Roads

Explanation:

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according to the quotation from booker t. washington's 1895 atlanta compromise speech.

in the great leap from slavery to freedom . . the masses of us are to live by the production of our hands . . we shall prosper . . as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor.

washington believed that  hard work had its own kind of dignity.

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