As part of a collaborative website project created by his English class and a World History class, Evan is writing an article on the agriculture of ancient Greece and how agriculture influenced Greek colonization.
Evan has included this sentence in his introduction. Read it and answer the question.
Through ancient Greek history I believe agriculture played an important part in Greek colonization and spread throughout the Mediterranean region.
Which revision of this sentence best maintains a formal style and objective tone?
During ancient Greek history agriculture was good for Greek colonization and made Greek culture spread across the Mediterranean region.
For all of ancient Greek history I believe agriculture was important to Greek colonization and spread of Greek civilization and culture across the Mediterranean region.
Throughout ancient Greek history, agriculture played an important part in the expansion of Greek civilization and culture across the Mediterranean region.
Throughout ancient Greek history agriculture played important parts in Greek colonization and expansion of Greek civilization and culture across the Mediterranean region.