HURRY!! Which two of the following were benefits of trade during the Hellenistic era?

- it promoted the sharing of idea's

- it spread diseases in crowded cities

- it helped farms in Greece and Aegean thrive

- it spread the Greek language, making it easier to communicate

- it allowed Alexander the great to dominate the region​

What does the quote describe? “the closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us….the shrieks of the women, and the groans of the dying, rendered the whole a scene of horror almost inconceivable.”