The threadlike process of a neuron which conducts nerve impulses from the cell body to the neuron's ending (bouton) where it is transmitted via a synapse to another neuron, muscle or gland. Syn. nerve fibre (when it is sheathed). See neuron; synapse.
Trade on the Silk Road was a significant factor in the development of the civilizations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Persia, Europe, the Horn of Africa and Arabia, opening long-distance, political and economic relations between the civilizations.he transmission of Buddhism to China via the Silk Road began in the 1st century CE, according to a semi-legendary account of an ambassador sent to the West by the Chinese Emperor Ming (58â75).
Mediterranean region. And while silk was one of the major products transported from China to the. West as far back as the Roman Empire, the trade, especially in such other luxury goods as spices (from. India) and gemstones (from western Asia), was active in both directions. Along with the trade in. material goods, the Silk Road was the medium for cultural exchange. One of the prime examples of. this was the spread of Buddhism from India into Afghanistan, China, Korea, Japan, and Southeast. Asia.