In the First Few Centuries BCE, Arab Sailors Took Advantage

question 31

Multiple Choice

In the first few centuries BCE, Arab sailors took advantage of which new maritime technology?

• A) New weapons such as catapults were used to protect merchant ships from pirates.
• B) Stern-post rudders were used to guide ships.
• C) Knowledge of monsoon winds facilitated trade in the Mediterranean Sea.
• D) large ships called dhows that were rigged with triangular sails to capture the wind

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