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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did sailors remain in Calicut for long periods of time?
A
Boats could only leave when there were favorable winds.
B
Boats needed extensive repairs after long, brutal sea voyages.
C
It could take many months for a cargo’s trade deal to be reached.
D
Calicut was recognized as an official “shore leave” city for sailors.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Why did sailors remain in Calicut for long periods of time? Boats could only leave when there were favorable winds. Boats needed extensive repairs after long, brutal sea voyages. Calicut was recognized as an official “shore leave” city for sailors.

Detailed explanation-2: -Anatta is a central doctrine of Buddhism. It marks one of the major differences between Buddhism and Hinduism. According to the anatta doctrine of Buddhism, at the core of all human beings and living creatures, there is no “eternal, essential and absolute something called a soul, self or atman".

Detailed explanation-3: -Mahāyāna Buddhism is more commonly practiced in Northeast Asia, in place such as Tibet, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Mongolia.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is used to refer to the extinction of desire, hatred, and ignorance and, ultimately, of suffering and rebirth. Literally, it means “blowing out” or “becoming extinguished, ‘’ as when a flame is blown out or a fire burns out.

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