WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Yes, the Silk Road is one of the earliest examples of globalization. This is because the Silk Road created a large multi-national trade network that interconnected the economies of people across Europe and Asia. Despite this, it did not produce anything resembling the large interconnectedness of the modern world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Because of the Silk Roads, Afro-Eurasia was much larger in population, much more technologically dynamic, and also much more interlinked through trade and exchange than the other three world zones were.

Detailed explanation-3: -Among the different kinds of parasites, bacteria and viruses, and their associated diseases, that were transmitted along the Silk Roads, plague was one of the most notable. Plague is a disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, commonly carried by fleas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Moving trade goods along the ancient Silk Roads was made difficult by the fierce climatic and geographical conditions of desert and mountain regions along vast distances.