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3.1. Expansion and Intensification of
Communication and Exchange Networks
Although Afro-Eurasia and the Americas remained separate from one
another, this era witnessed a deepening and widening of old and new
networks of human interaction within and across regions. The results
were unprecedented concentrations of wealth and the intensification of
cross-cultural exchanges. Innovations in transportation, state policies,
and mercantile practices contributed to the expansion and development
of commercial networks, which in turn served as conduits for cultural,
technological, and biological diffusion within and between various
societies. Pastoral or nomadic groups played a key role in creating
and sustaining these networks. Expanding networks fostered greater
interregional borrowing, while at the same time sustaining regional
diversity. The prophet Muhammad promoted Islam, a new major
monotheistic religion at the start of this period. It spread quickly through
practices of trade, warfare, and diffusion characteristic of this period.
3.2. Continuity and Innovation of State
Forms and Their Interactions
3.3. Increased Economic Productive