Explain how cross-

cultural interactions

resulted in the

diffusion of

technology and

facilitated changes in

patterns of trade and

travel.

Cross cultural interactions changed permanently trade and travel patterns as well as having a technology diffusion throughout the world.

Explanation:

Cross cultural interactions among nations resulted in the spreading of technology as a result of new international trade practices and routes. This new way of international interaction facilitated changes with the knowledge and adapting of existing new products and technologies. This resulted in the creation of new products combined to native ones that provided new advantages while trading these new products, new prices and new supply and demand models.

This resulted in new travel routes or the need to visit more often places that could offer raw materials or technologies for the development of the new and recently created and / or discovered products.