probably in the himalayas
Greater need for protection. C) emergence of new social classes. Population growth and the domestication of plants and animals brought on new cultural changes, such as gender inequality, greater need for protection, and the emergence of new social classes.
<u>Answer:</u>
<em>Silk road is the major and pioneer land route in Asian continent which connects from Extreme East and West of Asia.
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<u>Explanation:</u>
Silk road initially started for the silk products, it extended from Eastern China to Persian countries. Chinese are initially travelled along the land route via South East Asia and Eastern side direction. Recent, Belt and Road Initiative project by China is inspired by the Silk road ideology. It developed the new crops agriculture practices and developed the market for silk related products in China. Then they spreaded the ideologies via trade is considered one of the major socio-cultural practices performed by China.
I don't know what "this" means here - but Spain, England and Portugal based their empires on their sea explorations and colonizations - all their colonies were not reachable (or only by de-tours) by land.
China, on the other hand was not based on Islands, but connected by land: so here China is the best option.