Judging by this map, which geographic characteristic helped the civilizations of early Greece to become successful in the trade industry?
Greece contains many islands.
O Greece is close to Rome.
Greece is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea.
Greece contains many valuable minerals.

Ibelieve it would be homer plessy

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.