Question

Trade and culture exchange always went hand in hand.Justify the statement.​

Answer 1

(i) The silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modern

trade and cultural links between distant parts of the world.

(ii) The silk route was used by the Chinese traders to

export silk to other countries.

(iii) These routes were used by traders to trade goods and

exchange culture from one country to another.

(iv) Early Christian missionaries almost certainly travelled

through this route to Asia, likewise the early Muslim preachers did few

centuries later.

(v) These routes were also used to spread religions.

Buddhism emerged from Eastern India and spread in several directions through

interesting points on the silk routes.

Answer 2

Trade and culture exchange always went hand in hand.Justify the statement.​