Why was the development of towns economically important?
a. the towns became centers of commerce.
b. the towns created homes for a variety of guilds.
c. the towns were established by charters from the king.
d. the towns peasants develop marketable skills.

Following archduke franz ferdinand's assassination, austro-hungarian leaders: a. aided the ottoman empire in its campaign to keep serbia under its control. b. executed nearly all prominent serbs living in austria-hungary c. threatened to invade serbia if serb leaders did not agree to a set of strict demands. d.. formed an alliance with great britain to protect austria-hungary from future attacks.