Early european interactions with the east, or asia, foreshadowed europe's turning away from an age of discovery and toward an age of
a. technology.
b. colonization.
c. gunpowder.
d. isolation.

1.3x - 2 - (3.3x + 5) = 2x + 1

1.3x - 2 - 3.3x - 5 = 2x + 1

-2x - 7 = 2x + 1

-7 = 4x + 1

-8 = 4x

x = -2

i think it was because of how protected egyptian civilization was was which allowed them to evolve without much outside influence.

your answer will most likely be a.