Why was the Silk Road so important in Southeast Asia’s development?

a. It spurred the cultural interchange between East and West, India and China.
b. Lined with mulberry trees, it was home to the finest silk moth caterpillars.
c. Sericulture, or silk farming, first developed here in about 2700 BCE.
d. It offered the Chinese a quicker, safer route to India than did the sea.


Answer: a

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