In the third paragraph, the author most probably provides an explanation of the apparent c

onnections among economic, military, and cultural development in order to ______.

A．suggest that Byzantium represents a case for which no historical precedent exists.

B．set up an order of events that is then shown to be not generally applicable to the case of Byzantium.

C．cast aspersions on traditional historical scholarship about Byzantium.

D．suggest that the process of revival in Byzantium does not accords with this model.