“Every year the king of the country of Ta-shih (the Arabs of the Khalif empire) who is styled Su-tan (Sultan) sends tribute-bearers, and if in the country some trouble is apprehended, he gets the Ta-shih to use their military force in restoring order The products of the country consist in opaque glass, corals, raw gold, brocades, sarcenets, red cornelian stones and real pearls” - Chinese official letter documenting the Song and Yuan dynasties, translated and published in China and the Roman Orient: Researches Into Their Ancient and Mediaeval Relations as Represented in Old Chinese Records, published 1885

Which of these BEST illustrates the impact of the interactions identified in the above passage?

Ithink the answer is b, monopoly

It me to understand the world and my place in it. for example, (and i know i’m using the terminology ‘historical perspective’ loosely here; some of my examples may be better termed an ‘evolutionary perspective’) knowing that all humans can trace their ancestry back to a common ancestor who lived in southern ethiopia ~200,000 years ago makes me feel connected to everyone on the planet. knowing that some of our ancestors left africa about 70,000 years ago and interbred with more archaic hominin species in europe and elsewhere, me to see the stupidity of white supremacist ‘purity of the race’ themes. seeing how religion was used to enslave people, and how callously lives were thrown away by those in power in the world wars of the past century makes me feel extremely fortunate to be living in the modern era. and, perhaps most importantly is that this knowledge makes me for the sacrifices our ancestors made to get us to this point, and determined to do my part to make the world a better place for the next generation.