B. An agreement to remove tariffs between the United States, Canada, and Mexico (apex)
Answer: B. Muslim merchants and traders made the city a bustling center for commerce.
Explanation:
Muslim merchants were used to living a very comfortable and luxurious life, and after hearing about the wealth in gold that the Ghana Empire posessed, once they settled, the city was turned into a commercial center for the Muslim World and would later become the Empire's capital.
<span>The first recorded appearance of the plague in Europe was at Messina, Sicily in October of 1347. It arrived on trading ships that very likely came from the Black Sea, past Constantinople and through the Mediterranean. While Sicily was succumbing to the horrors of the disease, the expelled trading ships brought it to other areas around the Mediterranean, infecting the neighboring islands of Corsica and Sardinia by November.</span>
