Answer: B) Latin
Explanation:
The Roman Empire ruled the Middle East in the 4th century BC, and Latin was the officially recognized language.
Although Greek, Aramaic, Syriac and other mid-eastern languages were used, the Roman Emire as the ruling power used Latin for official business even in conquered territories.
Islam, Judaism and Christianity all believe in an after life, and they all have a holy book.
The Dutch East India Company was the first European that challenged the Portuguese domination of Asian trade. Different from Spanish and Portuguese traders, the Dutch expeditions were not controlled by the government, they had full sovereign powers. Because of that they had an enormous amount of power, they set up colonies and trading posts around the world, they captured Malacca from the Portuguese rule and opened trade with China.
