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Hello. You forgot to add the image to which the question refers. The image is attached.
In addition, you left question 17 incomplete. The full question is:
The inclusion of the image in the manuscript best illustrates which of the following features of the period 1450–1750 ?
Rulers using art as a way to communicate with their illiterate subjects. Rulers using art as a way to increase literacy. Rulers using art to expand their territories. Rulers using art to legitimize their rule
Answer:
16. Attempts by imperial states to centralize their authority
17. Rulers using art to legitimize their rule
Explanation:
The image shows how there was a strong attempt by the imperial states to centralize their authority. This is shown when the ruler is portrayed prominently in the image, being a point of reference and respect for the population, which is portrayed in a lower plane than the ruler. In addition, we can see how the artists had a responsibility to achieve the government's objectives and use art to converge the population to legitimize and accept the government and its leaders.

As per the illustration given in the image the writer is celebrating the achievement of the ottoman sultan during the magnificent circa of 1450 to 1750.
- A depicted in the image the recruitment is done by the imperial states for forming a centralized authority. These imperialized states tend to control over the people and lands.
Hence the option D is correct.
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