The threadlike process of a neuron which conducts nerve impulses from the cell body to the neuron's ending (bouton) where it is transmitted via a synapse to another neuron, muscle or gland. Syn. nerve fibre (when it is sheathed). See neuron; synapse.
Trade on the Silk Road was a significant factor in the development of the civilizations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Persia, Europe, the Horn of Africa and Arabia, opening long-distance, political and economic relations between the civilizations.he transmission of Buddhism to China via the Silk Road began in the 1st century CE, according to a semi-legendary account of an ambassador sent to the West by the Chinese Emperor Ming (58â75).
The Silk Road (or Silk Route) was a network of caravan tracks that crossed Central and West Asia. The Silk Road was used to carry trade goods between Asia and Europe from the second century BCE until the fifteenth century CE. From a European perspective, the road (or roads) began in Rome and ended in Changâan (é·å®), China.