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(a) The silk routes are a good example of trade and cultural link between distant parts of the world. Explain with examples.

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(b) Why were there clashes between the weavers and the Gomasthas? Explain.

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(c) Why did people of London call underground railway ?the iron monster?. Give any three reasons.

Answer:

(a) The silk routes are the good examples of trade and cultural link between distant parts of the world we, can explain it as follows:

(i) Historians have identified several silk routes, over land and sea, knitting together vast regions of Asia and linking Asia with Europe and Northern Africa.

(ii) Chinese pottery travelled the same route, as did textile and spices from India.

(iii) Precious metals like gold and silver flowed from Europe to Asia.

(iv) Buddhism emerged from India and spread in several directions through intersecting points on the silk route.

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(b) Clashes between the weavers and the Gomasthas can be explained as follows:

(i) As we know that earlier merchants had very often lived within the weaving village, and had a close relationship with the weavers, looking after their needs but the new Gomasthas were outsiders with no long term social link with the village, they acted arrogantly, marched in to villages with sepoys and peons, and punished weavers for delay in supply.

(ii) The weavers lost the space to bargain for prices and sell to different buyers; the price they received from the company was miserably low.

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(c) The people of London call underground railway ?the iron monster? because of the following reasons:

The first underground railway opened between Paddington and Farrington on 10th January 1863 People were quiet afraid of travelling underground The atmosphere was quiet suffocating for the people as many passengers smoked pipes, and it was a mixture of sulphur, coal dust and foul fumes. People considered it as a danger to their health. To make railways, many houses had to be destroyed so the people of London wanted it to discontinue soon.