How did the rise of powerful aristocracies in the eastern Mediterranean during the third millennium B.C.E contribute to the growth of trade in the region?
A. Aristocrats sought luxury goods to show off their wealth and status.
B. Aristocrats used trading vessels to move military convoys.
C. Aristocrats paid for exploratory expeditions to far-flung lands.
D. Aristocrats used traders as emissaries.
Answer: A
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