What led to an exchange of goods and ideas, like Chinese inventions, between Asia and Europe during the 13th and 14th centuries?

A) The Pax Mongolica

Explanation:

The 13th and 14th centuries saw the rise of a new power, the Mongols. Under Genghis Khan they conquered most of Asia and some part of Eastern Europe.

In these conquered areas, the Mongols established a peace and security that few would have thought possible at the time.

This period was known as the Pax Mongolica and allowed for the trade of goods and exchange of ideas from Asia to Europe including religion, exotic goods and Chinese inventions.

while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.

i am 99% sure that the increase of goods was because of nafta nafta stands for the north american free trade agreement to lift tariffs