What is the process called that encourages and promotes the sharing of ideas, customs traditions? How did this process help to spread inventions, ideas, and religion throughout Japan, Mongolia, China, and Europe? What are the lasting effects of this process even on modern-day?

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1. explain aspects of the democratic process as it was developed in ancient athens

2. trace the roots of the americans political process to ancient athens

3. explain the relationship of citizens to the political process