Review the map. A map titled Ancient Silk Road. Land routes and water routes are shown between China, India, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Italian Peninsula.

Why did people use the Silk Road?

It avoided travel on ocean routes.
It went around mountainous terrain.
It enabled travel to the center of Africa.
It connected the Italian Peninsula and China.

The correct answer is D. It connected the Italian Peninsula and China.

Explanation

On the map, you can see a portion of the continents Europe, Asia, and Africa, also the physical characteristics of the space are highlighted according to color to differentiate the height above sea level. The two silk routes are also shown, one crossing the continents (red line) and the other through the sea (blue line). This route was used for many years for commercial purposes for hundreds of years because in Europe many of the products that were obtained in Asia or the Middle East were in great demand and vice versa. This route was quite famous because it passed through the most important cities and areas of the time such as the Italian peninsula, the Arabian peninsula, the Himalayan mountain range, India, and China, which made it possible to connect different important empires of that time. Therefore, the answer is D. It connected the Italian Peninsula and China.

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d is the best answer for this question.