http://www.history-of-china.com/southern-northern-dynasty/flourishment-of-buddhism.html
- The Silk Road helped culture and ideas spread.
- Eating habits, agriculture, and gardening were new things that were introduced.
- China learned about many new foods including grapes, cucumbers, figs, pomegranates, walnuts, chives, sesame and coriander.
- Buddhists beliefs spread along the Silk Road.
- The Silk Road went through India where Buddhism was the main religion.
- Today, many people in China practice Buddhism as an effect of the silk road.