Please help me please! Which of the following effects are most closely associated with the turning point described in the excerpt above?

a. Founding of Buddhism

b. The Age of Exploration

c. An increase in the number of hunting and gathering societies

d. The establishment of the first cities

Astudy of the generalization most clearly supports the generalization a. differing religious beliefs have been a source of conflict b. as the culture of the middle east developed very little was borrowed from other countries c. the nations of the middle east have long played a dominant role in world affairs d. the people of the middle east have generally adopted the ideas and values of western culture