How did the Silk Road work according to this map? A. The Silk Road allowed only certain people to travel on specific routes.
B. The Silk Road functioned only during certain months of the year.
C. The Silk Road functioned by connecting land trade routes with sea-based trade routes, and by connecting numerous groups of people and cultures that would otherwise be distant from one another.
D. In a trade network, religion functions as a secondary item of trade. Of course, traders wish to sell their physical goods, but the exchange of religious beliefs is often expressed too.​

Read the excerpt from “pakistan’s malala.” "ziauddin had a revolutionary zeal and deep commitment to education," ellick said this week. "this charming little girl, she is a mini-version of him in many ways. she loves school, homework. whenever she would meet me she had a bookbag full of books." "she didn't have that idealistic activist attitude when she's 10 and 11, because who does? " ellick said. "her situation demanded that she grow up before she should have. she caught his contagious commitment and idealism." which detail best reflects how living in the taliban-ruled swat valley affected malala?