9 countries(Armenia,Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)
It would be all of these. During world war 2 it is the United States that supplied almost everything in the allied war effort. Also the United States take longer route and also a hard campaign to combat the German U-boat for supremacy and stable supply route for the allied forces.
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The best answer I can give is letter B.
During the civil war, there was also a competition in the global market on the supply of cotton so Europe sought other suppliers from India and Egypt and this is why the price is down after 1865
Oh well then It'd be conquest or in other words, force