Battle of Thermopylae. 300 Spartans under king Leonidas and other Greek allies hold back the persians led by Xerxes l for three days but are defeated.
The answer is D. North Africa
The choice that was not a factor is America gained European territory after the war and was able to export products to Europe and Africa without economic barriers. America in fact sent much aid to European nations under the Marshal Plan to help rebuild european countries.
He was trying to find a water route west to Asia, but instead he found the Americas.
The Europeans did not think about what religions were practiced where or where different tribes were located. So when they divided Africa up tribes were separated and forced to be with other tribes that they might not have gotten along with and religious groups were forced to have to live together, causing a lot of strife to be made known.