Trade has been a key component in civilizations and human life since the creation and development of societies. It has been the main method of transfer throughout civilizations, transferring knowledge, ideas, religion, culture and goods. Civilizations whom traded amongst each other involve Classical China, Classical India, and the Mediterranean, yet does not exclude other cultures or civilizations around the globe. The Classical era was a time of ideas, a time where civilizations thrived, occurring from 1000 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. Trade flourished as civilizations found the need to receive goods they couldn't access in their own society or as a way to thrive based on the ideas of other societies. Trade began since the beginning of “proper” societies, allowing time for change on how it went about. Throughout the Classical era, trade changed in what routes they took in order to trade with one another, what they traded, and the technological tools they used to both enable trade and expand it.
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As trade developed, the main things they traded were the necessities in life but as trading patterns evolved culture and religion were also traded between the different societies who traded with one another. The trade of culture and religion that occurred between the Classical Civilizations is referred to as cultural diffusion. Cultural diffusion occurred between India and Asia in the form of religion being traded because of merchants who passed through these regions through the Silk Roads. For example, both Buddhism and Hinduism spread due to India being in the center of one of the major trading routes, the Silk Roads. Additionally, as new political ideas and as new philosophies emerged they were also traded amongst the major Classical Civilizations, China, India, and the
To begin with, trading patterns evolved in what routes they used to …show more content…
As trade developed, the main things they traded were the necessities in life but as trading patterns evolved culture and religion were also traded between the different societies who traded with one another. The trade of culture and religion that occurred between the Classical Civilizations is referred to as cultural diffusion. Cultural diffusion occurred between India and Asia in the form of religion being traded because of merchants who passed through these regions through the Silk Roads. For example, both Buddhism and Hinduism spread due to India being in the center of one of the major trading routes, the Silk Roads. Additionally, as new political ideas and as new philosophies emerged they were also traded amongst the major Classical Civilizations, China, India, and the