Study the table below. ?
Operated as banks
Provided safety to travelers on the Silk
Road
Centers for religious worship
Shared values amongst a diverse
population
4. The table above describes which religion which spread during the unification of China during the Tang
dynasty?
M. Confucianism
P. Buddhism
R. Shintoism
S. Hinduism

Buddhism i m not sure but maybe buddhism

it teaches readers about an interesting chinese custom and causes them to determine that the minister is trying to be polite

explanation:

with the profits from the european sales, merchants purchased europe's manufactured  goods, including tools and weapons. then the merchants shipped those manufactured  goods, along with the  american  sugar and rum, to west africa where they were bartered for  slaves.