Trade flourished because these progressing empires were developing new ways to produce products and utilize agriculture in their areas, such as Han with silk and Rome with olives and fishing/seafaring. These empires has never had access to goods that were from other areas before the Silk road, causing trade to become immensely popular and relied upon.
It seems that you have missed the necessary options for us to answer this question, but anyway, here is the answer. If a company <span>claims that its products are better quality than other similar products, the type of competition presented in this scenario is Nonprice competition. Hope this helps.</span>
The responded by making bombs and nuclear weapons that led to the cold war