2. Read the inference below.

Europeans in the Middle Ages were heavily influenced by China.

Which sentence from the article provides the BEST support to the statement above?

(A) Many inventions sprouted from Chinese culture.

(B)
They were also found in ancient China and Ancient Rome.

(C)
Bacon most likely witnessed at least one demonstration of Chinese
firecrackers.

(D)
It is believed that the Chinese invented black powder during the ninth century.