The exchange of diseases along the Silk Roads
a. while at times deadly to both agricultural and pastoral peoples, did not alter the balance between these two peoples in Eurasia.
b. dramatically weakened the Christian church in the Byzantine Empire as followers abandoned what they perceived as an uncaring God.
c. ultimately gave Western Europeans an advantage when they confronted peoples of the Western hemisphere after 1500 who had not been exposed to the diseases of the Silk Roads.
d. all of the above.
Answer: c. ultimately gave Western Europeans an advantage when they confronted peoples of the Western hemisphere after 1500 who had not been exposed to the diseases of the Silk Roads.
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