how trade, warfare, and migration spread ideas among early civilizations?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

thanks so much but i am not in the mood of the wriing of a book. btu can you just tell me some main points regarding it. please !!!

Answer 3

Travel was slow in ancient times -- usually on foot or by sea. Native people along established trade routes had plenty of time to observe the customs of the traders. They often learned and used ideas and technology that seemed superior to the ones they had. It was also necessary to learn some of the traders' and the local languages. Of course, everyone wanted to try new ways of fixing food.

Since most early civilizations were polytheistic, it was common for people to adopt some of the gods of the foreigners. They felt it couldn't hurt to get as many heavenly beings involved with them as possible.

Defeated peoples were often made slaves and some of them were brought back home by the warriors. Some of these slaves, especially the Greeks, were literate and were employed as scribes and translators by their new masters.

Some soldiers settled down, married, and raised families in the newly conquered lands. Alexander the Great forced many Macedonian soldiers to marry local women at Susa.

http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander_t24.html