Question

The silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modern trade and cultural links between distant parts of the world. Substantiate the statement with illustrations.

Answer 1

Silk roads illustrate pre-modern global trade and culture. Several land and marine silk routes connected Asia to Europe and northern Africa. From pre-Christian times to the 15th century, they thrived. The silk lanes' refers to the importance of West-bound Chinese silk cargoes.

1. Indian and Southeast Asian spices, textiles, and Chinese pottery travelled the same way. Europe sent gold and silver to Asia.
2. Cultural interchange followed trade. Silk route intersections spread Indian Buddhism in several ways. Early Christian missionaries and Muslim preachers crossed this path to Asia decades later.