Question

In what ways did networks of interaction in the Western Hemisphere differ from those in the Eastern Hemisphere?

Answer 1

• the Americas were less densely woven than in the afro-Eurasian region. There was no equivalent to the silk, sea, or sand roads. • Spread of agricultural products was slower and less pro owned on the Americas • Spread of distinct cultural traditions like Buddhism, Christianity, or Islam · Americas did have zones of interaction • River networks of North America, where commerce plays an important role in regions where contact was possible, the dense communication lays between rather than within the regions that housed the two great civilizations of the Western Hemisphere- mesoamerica and the Andes.