Persia's strategic importance lies in its
A. easy access to the Nile, the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, and the Mediterranean.
B. geographic position as conduit between North and South Afroeurasia.
C. geographic position as conduit between the eastern and western portions of Afroeurasia.
D. vast supplies of iron deposits.
Answer: C
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