In the vedic age trade was limited because of a. isolationism, causing people not to trade with each other b. poor roads, causing people to use the river ways to engage in trade c. poor trading products, causing people not to desire the goods others made d. widespread war, causing trade to stop between groups in conflict

In celtic mythology, one story involves macha, who was pregnant at the time she outraced the king’s horses on a wager. in norse history, freydis eiriksdottir was pregnant at the time that she single-handedly turned back the natives of vinland, who were at war with the norse. what do you think that pregnancy of these warrior women figured do prominently in mythology and folklore, as well as historical stories?