How did the introduction of goods from the Silk Road affect daily life within China?

It caused the Chinese to abandon their traditional customs entirely.

New foods like grapes and materials like glass became available.

It made travel between Chinese cities much more difficult.

The use of paper for writing and art was discontinued.

The flow of goods on the Silk Road can best be summarized as an exchange where China offered items like silk for which of the following?

Only gold and silver from the Byzantine Empire.

Military alliances against the Mongols.

Products such as wool, glass, and different foods.

Identical goods that they already produced themselves.

It was a single, paved highway built by the Han dynasty for military use.

It was a vast network of interconnected trade paths linking China to the west.

It was a short, direct route used exclusively for the trading of silk.

It was a maritime route that connected China to Africa by sea.