What means of transportation provided the shortest shipping time for goods between westerners and those in east

Canals

Explanation:

Before the development and establishment of railroads across the country, shipping goods (as well as transporting animals and people) between the east and the west was extremely difficult. The means of trasportation that provided the shortest shipping time were the steamboats that travelled along the canals. This led to rivers becoming extremely important in enabling communication in the country.

explanation:

these are the geographical features of the gupta empire.

1)it inherited the land owned by the mauryan empire.

2)one obvious difference between the two empires is that the gupta empire was smaller that the mauryan.

3)the gupta empire is located in the northern region of the subcontinent underneath the himalayan and hindu kush mountains.

the gupta empire, marked by extensive inventions and discoveries that contributed to hindu culture, in subjects such as science, technology, engineering, art, dialectic, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy.

this period was also known as the golden age of india

nations must cooperate to bring about and maintain world peace.

nations must not wage wars or commit war crimes in a desire to control other nations.

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