<span>a spirit of curiosity </span>
India's distance from Europe has been reduced by
km since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869.

Would it be D.? Because i think we have learned this in class where Richard the lion heart had a quote like that. Hope this helped :-)
Answer:
Battle of Salamis
Explanation:
Battle of Salamis, (480 bc), battle in the Greco-Persian Wars in which a Greek fleet defeated much larger Persian naval forces in the straits at Salamis, between the island of Salamis and the Athenian port-city of Piraeus.