Which of the Following Provides Evidence for the Rising Importance

Multiple Choice

Which of the following provides evidence for the rising importance and independence of a merchant class in the Middle Kingdom in Egypt?

A) Merchants were responsible for bringing wood from the Nile Delta to the building projects around Luxor.
B) Merchants kept their own chariot forces to protect their caravans.
C) Merchants took on burial privileges and constructed tombs of a type previously reserved for the royal family.
D) Merchants became important in the priesthood of Osiris.