During the 14th century, the Black Death became a widespread epidemic primarily because of 2) Chinese overseas exploration. More specifically, the Black Death was spread through the Silk Road, because it started on the plains of Central Asia and was brought back to Europe, where it lived off rats that would go on merchant ships all around the continent. The Black Death massively reduced the European population by up to about sixty percent.
Answer:
B. Unification of the empire
Explanation:
I would pick B. because, in order to have an empire, you need all three of those. D makes no sense because you can't really put those two together. A doesn't really connect either. The only relation is that they have a powerful army.
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The two countries located on the Iberian Peninsula include Spain and Portugal.
Spain called the New World "New Spain".
