B. Africans were encouraged to seek independence from Europe.
Explanation:
As nationalism on the African continent and the pan africanist feeling arose the African people started believing more and more and with this the Africans started believed that they could and should govern their own governments and keep the resoruces and wealth that their countries could produce for themselves, this made them seek their independence from European empires and start their own countries.
Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire resulted in "<span>a. a period of cultural diffusion between Greece and the Near East" since trade was prominent. </span>