HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Through the exploration of Columbus
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Along the silk roads
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By the Atlantic Ocean
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By the Transcontinental Railroad
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Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhism entered China via the Silk Road. Buddhist monks travelled with merchant caravans on the Silk Road to preach their new religion.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most historians of ancient China agree that Buddhism arrived in the 1st century AD during the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD), brought by missionaries from neighbouring India travelling along trade routes into China.
Detailed explanation-3: -Buddhism spread from India into northern Asia, Mongolia, and China, whilst Christianity and Islam emerged and were disseminated by trade, pilgrims, and military conquest. The literary, architectural and artistic effects of this can be traced today in the cultures of civilizations along the Silk Routes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Buddhism is one example of a religion that travelled the Silk Roads, with Buddhist art and shrines being found as far apart as Bamiyan in Afghanistan, Mount Wutai in China, and Borobudur in Indonesia.
Detailed explanation-5: -The spread of Buddhism in China was supported in the earlier parts of post-classical China. After the collapse of the Han, many people had to turn to a religion to find hope during their times of trouble. Buddhism attracted many of these people, whether it was the elite or the commoners.