Commerce and Culture
Eurasia also gave rise to one of the worlds most extensive and sustained networks of exchange among its diverse people. Known to scholars as the Silk Roads, a reference to its most famous product, these land based trade routs linked pastoral and agricultural people as well as the large civilization on the continents outer rim.
Outer Eurasia consists of relatively warm, well-watered areas, very sustainable for agriculture. This provided a great place for civilizations like China, India, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean. Silk Road trading networks prospered most when large and powerful states provided security for merchants and travelers.
Later on as the supply of silk increased, its many varieties circulated even more extensively across Eurasia trade routes. The demand for silk increased greatly as it became a symbol of high status. It also increased the demand when silk became associated with the sacredness of expanding religions like Buddhism and Christianity.
The Silk Roads linked Eurasia societies by land, while Sea Roads or sea based trade routes likewise connected distant people all across the eastern Hemisphere. Like the Silk Roads, oceanic trade grew out of a lot of environmental and cultural diversities of the region. The transportation cost was lower as well on the Sea Roads, this is because boats could bring larger quantities at a time than a camel. A major turning point in African life occurred when the camel was introduced to North Africa.
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