Read the scenario below. Which of the characters in the scenario plays a role most similar to India and China at the beginning of the Age of Exploration?
A store owner sells expensive rugs at his shop. To get the
rugs, he needs to drive to another city to purchase them
from the talented weaver who makes them. However, the
highway that connects the two cities has a toll bridge
whose owner charges drivers a fee to use it. The store
owner hopes to avoid paying the fee by finding another
route. Though his employees are convinced that he will
never be able to find an alternate route, the store owner
eventually discovers that he can avoid the toll bridge by
taking a series of back roads. The store owner is finally
able to purchase rugs from the weaver without paying any
tolls!