It was a old network of trade routes that were for centuries central to cultural interaction first through areas of Eurasia<span> connecting the </span>East<span> and </span>West<span> and all the way from the Korean peninsula </span><span>and Japan </span><span>to the Mediterranean Sea</span>
Answer:
They are areas where there is a severe shortage of moisture, predominantly because precipitation levels are low. In some years they may even receive no rain at all.
Explanation:
In some deserts, aridity is in part also the result of high temperatures, which means that evaporation rates are great (Mainguet, 1999).
