NEEED HELP Directions: Write a well-organized 4-5 paragraph essay responding to this question Explain how the Silk Road affected Asia and Europe prior to 1500. Make sure to focus on one or more of
the following topics: inventions, religion, culture and/or diseases.

  The Silk Road was a vast trade network connecting Eurasia and North Africa via land and sea routes.

The Silk Road earned its name from Chinese silk, a highly valued commodity that merchants transported along these trade networks.

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.

it wanted to boycott trade with enemy nations.

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