What effects did the axial age have on political and economic development? Provide at least two examples
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but correct responses should include: Large-scale imperialism was not secure in the axial age as evidenced by the collapse or unraveling of some empires. The popularity of state-building brought new states on the edges of the existing Eurasian empires such as Xiongnu, Japan, Korea, Scythians, and Sarmatians. States such as Monte Albán, Teotihuacán in the New World also developed. The proximity of empires was a sufficient, though not necessary, condition for these new states to thrive. Also saw growth and fall of large-scale empires such as Persia, Rome and China. The development of improved sea and land communications in Eurasia brought people from different cultures together, facilitated the flow of the ideas and transmitted the works of art that changed taste and the goods that influenced lifestyles.
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