The main trade route between the east and west was known as the road.
a. silver
b. silk
c. roman
d. asian

500 books can be produced by one man and a printing press within 5 months, while a copyist can only produce one in the same amount of time

option d is correct. corroborated sources of historical evidence   is necessary to validate a claim about an event in history.

historians tend to use written sources, but audio and visual materials as well as artifacts are important objects that supply information to modern historians.

historical sources are usually divided into two categories: primary and secondary sources. depending on the historian's intent, some sources shift their designation. determining what type of sources toimplement, and the level of credibility and reliability of those sources, is a significant step in critical thinking for the historian.

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