Which of the Following Was NOT a Drawback to the West?s

Which of the following was NOT a drawback to the West?s emergence as a global power?

A) Western nations lacked the political coherence and organizing ability of imperial China.
B) The West did not begin to establish key maritime and commercial links until after 1600.
C) The church, long one of the organizing institutions of Western civilization, was under attack.
D) The lives and economic activities of ordinary Europeans, the artisans and peasants, were in serious disarray.