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).
The Silk Road or network of trade routes across the Asian continent connected East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, as well as North and Northeast Africa â¦ and Europe. It encouraged development by opening the lands through trade.2 people found this useful.xum was located just south of Kush on a high plateau. Today the countries of Ethiopia and Eritrea are located here. Axum â¦ had access to the Red Sea. By 50 CE, traders, using the Silk Road, came to Axum for its salt, gold, and gems.