What bodies of water provided trade routes between asia, africa, and europe?

Why did leaders such as siddhartha gautama abandon hinduism to createbuddhism around 500 bce:

How did the technology of the late 1800s affect the growth of cities? select one: a. cities were able to expand outward because of additions to railroads. b. electric streetcars enabled the wealthy city dwellers to move to the first suburbs. c. advances in steel and metal technology allowed for the development of the skyscraper, which allowed cities to grow upwards. d. all of these are correct.

Which source would best a historian understand the effect of the great chicago fire on families? a. a biography of a chicago family displaced by the fire b. a letter from a grandmother in new york to her family in chicago c. a newspaper editorial about families who were displaced d. an oral history dictated by an adolescent who fled the fire