In the late Middle Ages, people could use an overland route between the mouth of the Nile River on the Mediterranean coast and the Red Sea in Arabia. What was a disadvantage of that overland route as a trade route to the East? A.
The route crossed a hot, barren desert, which made traveling difficult.
B.
Mongolian bandits robbed merchants who traveled the route.
C.
The Egyptians heavily taxed the route, making travel expensive.
D.
The discovery of the Cape of Good Hope made the route obsolete.

Answer

A. The route crossed a hot, barren desert, which made traveling difficult.

Explanation:

immigrants from northern and western europe continued coming as they had for three centuries, but in decreasing numbers

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire