GK
WORLD HISTORY
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It allowed farmers to gain new farming technologies.
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It led to increased social divisions as new religions traveled along the Silk Road.
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It led to the fear that it would be easier for outsiders to invade China.
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It promoted the exchange of Western and Chinese goods and ideas.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is hard to overstate the importance of the Silk Road on history. Religion and ideas spread along the Silk Road just as fluidly as goods. Towns along the route grew into multicultural cities. The exchange of information gave rise to new technologies and innovations that would change the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Silk Roads stretched across Eurasia, connecting East and West for centuries. At its height, the network of trade routes enabled merchants to travel from China to the Mediterranean Sea, carrying with them high-value commercial goods, the exchange of which encouraged urban growth and prosperity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Curative herbs, ideas of astronomy, and even religion also moved along the Silk Road network. Arabs traveled to India and China, Chinese to Central Asia, India, and Iran. Buddhism itself was carried along these roads from India through Central Asia to Tibet, China, and Japan.