A: Businesses are able to participate in free trade.
I would also go with D.) Mutually assured destruction.
This whole idea mainly started during the Cold War. The United States and Soviet Union didn't want to use their nuclear weapons because they feared that if they did, the other side would retaliate. Ultimately, both sides would lose everything.
The answer is A. Developed extensive trade networks
This was the result of Byzantine culture. It was in the Byzantine Empire that the
Orthodox Church was established. They adopted the Greek alphabet and it spread
through their missionary work. Many
Eastern European countries adopted the East Orthodox Church among them was
Russia.
