The woman's face is expressionless, Why do you think the artist represented her like this?

they probably wanted her to have an expressionless face to know how that person was feeling for a better understanding of the story.

well the fact it is basically a peninsula allowed trade to come from many places, thus allowing cultural diffusion to take place. india has seasonal monsoons that merchants travel back and forth from india using the monsoons wind patterns

im going to go with b.