UCEED 2016 · Q21 · Dnerd Studio

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UCEED 2016 · Part A · Q21

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Select all statements about the Silk Route that are TRUE:

AThe Silk Route derives its name from the lucrative trade in Indian silks carried out along its length, beginning from the 3rd century BCE.BSome scholars prefer the term “Silk Routes” because the road included an extensive network of routes, even though few were more than rough caravan tracks.CSoon after the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BCE, communications and trade between China, Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, Africa and Europe blossomed on an unprecedented scale because of the Silk Route.DThe Buddhist movement was perhaps the first large-scale missionary movement in the history of world religions, and its transmission to the Mediterranean began via the Silk Route in the 1st century CE.

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