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).
Trade In Ancient China What is the Silk Road? The Silk Road is a route that connected China to the Middle East and Europe. Lots of goods traveled along the Silk Road to other places to trade things like medicines, silk, pottery, paper, gunpowder, gold, grapes rugs and much more. The Silk road is not just one road it is a series of routes.