Analyze the passage, and name the country that the merchant lives in. a merchant in western europe has just received a huge delivery of spices from the east. he noticed that this delivery had arrived faster than previous deliveries. he knows the change is the result of a new land route. the route starts from his country and goes all the way to china. now the merchant can trade these spices to the rest of europe. based on the passage, the merchant is

Rome

Explanation:

The passage describes a land route that connected China with western Europe, this refers to the Silk Road which was developed during the Han Dynasty. We probably know it because of Marco Polo, a famous venetian explorer that used it to trade, he described all the places he visited and all the things he saw making China famous. Although the road connected a lot of countries an places, one of the principal customers of these products were the Romans. A lot of the products that were merchandised were spices like cinnamon and ginger.

what the first or next guy says

it affected it because the kingdoms (with trade) slowly got richer and richer.