Events Tagged: "spread"

Apples spread along Silk Road from Kazakhstan - traders carry seeds, natural hybridization creates sweeter varieties

Phoenician alphabet spreads - simplified 22-letter system replaces complex scripts, ancestor of modern alphabets

Buddhist missions sent - Ashoka sends monks to Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Greece, spreading Buddhism

Pompey encounters Mithraism - Cilician pirates practice mysteries of Mithras, Roman soldiers adopt cult, spreads through legions

Montanism spreads to Rome - Church authorities alarmed by charismatic movement, new prophecies challenge episcopal authority

Maize cultivation spreads across Europe - grown in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy as animal feed and peasant food

Telegraph lines spread rapidly across America and Europe