The use of the quipu in the image above best illustrates which of the following features of pre-modern civilizations?

(A) Rulers used bureaucracies to administer their empires. (B) Rulers relied on religious authority to justify their rule. (C) Rulers used military force to impose their rule on other peoples. (D) Rulers relied on feudal arrangements to administer their domains.Explanation: The question asks about the image of a quipu, which was an Incan device for record keeping and bureaucratic function. Therefore, eliminate answer choices that do not involve bureaucracy or record keeping. Choice (A) does, so keep it. Choices (B) and (C) do not fit this description, so eliminate them. Choice (D) does discuss administration, but bureaucracies are not usually feudal in nature. Choice (A) is stronger than (D), so eliminate (D) and choose (A).