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 most famous triangular trade route wasSlaves from Africa to the CaribbeanSugar and Molasses from the Caribbean to New EnglandRum from New England to Africa. Triangular Trade pertaining to Colonial America, England, Africa, and the West Indies Triangular trade was the system of trade and transport that various goods took in the time leading to the American Revolution. For example, England transported manufactured goods to the New World, which shipped out various resources.