The answer for the 1st blank is text.
I would say A because it was talking about something in the present but what they were talking about was in past. so I would think A
The main factors that led to the fall of the Aksum in the seventh century were climate change and the obstruction of international trade routes around the Red Sea brought on by the growing supremacy of the Muslims in Ethiopia.<span> Other contributing factors included a reduced crop yield due to excess cultivation of land, Persian interference and the rise of Christianity in the region.</span>
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