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What best describes Europe's position in the world in $1500$ C$.$E$?$

Europe was impoverished and isolated from major trade routes.

Europe was the dominant force in the world in $1500$ C$.$E$.$ because of its advanced technology and entrepreneurial spirit.

Europe and China were in competition with each other to see who would become the dominant power, a competition which China lost.

Europe was not a major power in the world like China, but neither was it totally impoverished and isolated like other world regions.