In the First Few Centuries BCE, Arab Sailors Took Advantage

In the first few centuries BCE, Arab sailors took advantage of which new maritime technology?

A) New weapons such as catapults were used to protect merchant ships from pirates.
B) Stern-post rudders were used to guide ships.
C) Knowledge of monsoon winds facilitated trade in the Mediterranean Sea.
D) large ships called dhows that were rigged with triangular sails to capture the wind