<span>52% - Women at this current time make up a little over half of HIV/AIDS cases. Although seen in the USA as a "gay man's disease", we now know that to not be true. HIV/AIDS cases have been on the rise through use of drugs such a heroin, prostitution, and other factors. In countries outside of the US, HIV/AIDS is common in women also due to prostitution and other socio-economic factors.</span>
Hans Lippershey, also known as Johann Lippershey or Lipperhey, was a German-Dutch spectacle-maker. He is commonly associated with the invention of the telescope, although it is unclear if he was the first to build one.
Answer:
False
Explanation:
"The Silk Road was a network of trade routes connecting China and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe." - source, online
The romans were familiar with silk, though it was frowned on and it was a very rare commodity.