Which of the following statements about the trend of population growth is/are correct?

The expanding world trade during the sixteenth and seventeenth century, set the stage for rapid population growth.

After the evolution and introduction of agriculture about 12,000 to 8,000 years ago, the size of population was small – roughly 8 million. In the first century A.D. it was below 300 million. The expanding world trade during the sixteenth and seventeenth century, set the stage for rapid population growth. Around 1750, at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the world population was 550 million. World population exploded in the eighteenth century after the Industrial Revolution. Technological advancement achieved so far helped in the reduction of death rate and provided a stage for accelerated population growth.