Television
Television became one of the most important sources of entertainment to families since its invention, and it is still. virtually all families in the developed world owns a television and it virtually replaced the roles of theaters.
The early 1800s is the pre-industrial era in Europe. The answer would be A. The Roman Empire because by the 1800s, the Roman Empire had a complicated network of coastal shipping and roads with large cities by the Mediterranean and they traded with India and China for goods.
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