Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it.Say not that thousands are gone, turn out your tens of thousands;
The far and the near, the home counties and the back, the rich and the poor, will suffer or rejoice alike. The heart that feels not now is dead; the blood of his children will curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy.
Odysseus took a small group of his men onto the island.
Answer:
C). To inform the reader about the products and foods that a region offers.
Explanation:
As per the question, the author's key reason for writing the given excerpt from 'The Travels of Marco Polo' is 'to inform the reader about the products and foods that a region offers.' The descriptions of 'white incense, dates, rice grain, plentiful and abundant use of fish, consists of rice, meat, and fish' inform the readers about the food items that were commonly used in the region and how these food items and the products had a great impact on the economic, domestic, and social lives of people living there. Thus, <u>option C</u> is the correct answer.
