The Gulf of Mexico , hopes this helps :)
Increase of crops due to new innovations with the farming technique is one that comes to mind, not very sure about other factors though, sorry
By looking a the options I would say that the answer is A.
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The 16th and 17th centuries known as the "incubation period of the modern world" because of the breakthroughs that occurred in the use of water and wind energy for the completion and powering of various industries.
There was also the issue of military revolution which occurred around that time and was the period in which gun powder production started . This led to subsequent production of other weapons during this period.
The correct answer is D)Trading vessels from China brought the plague to Sicily, where it spread across Europe.
It spread through all parts of Europe afterwards and killed millions of people.