Afghanistan being in a very strategic position has provided the Soviet the advantage of controlling trades as it is in the juncture between Asia and middle east. This gave better leverage to the Soviet compared to the united states having control of pakistan after WorldWar 2. The soviet influenced has not been good in terms of improving afghan either as it made several internal tribal sect enemies with each other due to oppression and poor economy impacting poorest of the poor families.
Not sure if you had any answer choices, but through merchants, who traded across the Indian Ocean, Hinduism spread to Southeast Asia, in regions like Vietnam. Buddhism spread along trade routes like the Silk Road. It made its way into East and Southeast Asia in regions like China, Korea and Japan. If you are looking for an area they both spread to it would be Southeast Asia.
The action that Japan took in an attempt to recover from the Great Depression is that D. Japan seized control or resources in other nations.
That way, Japan had a lot of resources to fight the consequences of the Great Depression which left the country struggling.
Answer:
Asia Minor. Attis like the great mother
