HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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Geographic features isolate India causing diversity from their neighboring cultures
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It allows for the spreading of goods and ideas through cultural diffusion
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It creates a system of strict social classes
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creating a feeling of ethnocentrism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Belief Systems Spread Along Trade Networks. Increased trading connections resulted in the increased spread of belief systems and the cultural traditions associated with those belief systems. The most important impacts of trade networks were not the goods that merchants bought and sold but the spread of cultures.
Detailed explanation-2: -The trade routes were the communications highways of the ancient world. New inventions, religious beliefs, artistic styles, languages, and social customs, as well as goods and raw materials, were transmitted by people moving from one place to another to conduct business.
Detailed explanation-3: -In addition to new products, ideas and knowledge were exchanged. In this way, trade brought cultural changes to both East and West. One of the most important examples of cultural diffusion was the introduction of Buddhism to China.
Detailed explanation-4: -Advances in technology and increased political stability caused an increase in trade. The opening of more trade routes caused travelers to exchange many things: animals, spices, ideas, and diseases.
Detailed explanation-5: -Both the Silk Road and the Indian Ocean trade diffused religion. Trade routes such as the Silk Road and the Indian Ocean trade linked societies together which caused a widespread of religion. The Silk Road spread Buddhism, which was created in India, to China.