What can you infer from this passage about shah abbas’s rule of the safavid empire? he restore a cultural golden age similar to the ancient persian empire through enlightened rule. he reestablished the former glory of the persian empire through ruthlessness and absolute power. he was unable to rule successfully due to constant warfare with the rival ottoman empire. he was primarily focused on military success over cultural and economic prosperity.

The correct answer is - He was primarily focused on military success over cultural and economic prosperity.

Shah Abbas ruled over the territory of Iran. Considering the circumstances of the time of his rule, he was in a way forced to be more militaristic in order to be able to consolidate the country, secure its borders, and to manage to kick out and keep out the Ottomans from Iran's territory, and that is what he did,, and he did it with great successes. He also managed to make an alliance with the mighty British Empire, and that was of great use for his goals.

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n: