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Question 1: The Silk Road provided a network for the spread of the teachings of the Buddha, enabling Buddhism to become a world religion and to develop into a sophisticated and diverse system of belief and practice.
Question 2: The Silk Route, ancient trade route, linking China with the West, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and China.
Question 3: The merchants dominated trade because the traders were pretty safe, so no government needed to create laws to protect them, the traders had lots of power and freedom when they traded, and the traders were very wealthy.
Question 4: In addition to silk, China's porcelain, tea, paper, and bronze products, India's fabrics, spices, semi-precious stones, dyes, and ivory, Central Asia's cotton, woolen goods, and rice, and Europe's furs, cattle, and honey were traded on the Silk Road.