Please help, hurry! What is the tale "The Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor” based on?

O the poetry of Omar Khayyam
O the teachings of Ibn Rushd
O famous scholars from Islamic history
O traveling Muslim merchants

What was the main reason for building the suez canal? a. increasing russian naval ports in the middle east b. allowing indian merchants to reach the eastern coast of africa c. increasing european trade with the middle east and asia d. allowing the french military to bring weapons to asia