in the 1870's, the granges movement was organized to promote the interests of farmers in the United States.
The Silk Road was not only a trading route, it was also a conduit of ideas—philosophies of the great religions and technical knowledge spread between the East and the West along the Silk Road.
Of the criticism regarding that categorization was: <span><em>Western-style models are generally considered more developed than non-western models.</em>
In Western nations, development was measured by technological and economic power, meanwhile, in eastern and southern nations, they held cultural and humanitarian value as a standard of development.</span>
