Option B. The Roman Empire traded with Han China because Chinese silk had been found in early Roman cities is an example of a historical argument.
Explanation:
A <u>historical argument</u> is one used to provide an explanation in a research paper by telling how and why a certain event took place. A <u>historical argument</u>, then, gives reasons to the writer to hold certain opinion about an event in the past, and tell the readers about it.
The tendency to report on events from a liberal point of view would be an example of "bias", since news reporting should ideally be objective and without bias (although this is nearly impossible).
