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The
most important characteristic of the
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postclassical
world was the development of
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a
world network.
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International
trade and military contacts allowed
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all
types of intellectual and material exchanges.
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Diseases
also spread.
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Once
established the network expanded.
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Individual
civilizations still maintained their
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essential
values, but many were operating in
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a
genuinely international framework.
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The
major limitation was that the Americas,
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Polynesia,
Australia, and a few other places
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were
not yet included.
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