What is really striking to me is how much trade affected daily life. Farmers started growing crops not just for the immediate survival of their own family or community, but specifically for outside trade with others. It shifted the dynamic from survival to business. The exchange of religion, good, disease, language, and culture were exponentially affected by all three trade routes. If even one of them had been blocked or not existed, I wonder what effects would have rippled across the continents?
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