The trade rates were both by sea and over long stretches of land including the well-known routes running between ___ and Asia at the western edge of the road.

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The trade routes were both by sea and over long stretches of land including the well-known routes running between Europe and Asia at the western edge of the Silk road.

We are talking about trade during the Middle Ages. A medieval time in Europe were trade routes connected this continent with far places such as Africa and Asia. It started in the far east, in China, and ended in modern-day Turkey.

Through the network called the Silk Road, nations and people traded, gold, silver, salt, spices, ivory, tea, gunpowder, and many other raw materials and natural resources.

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the correct answer is option d

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