Question

1. what role did cultural diffusion play in the development of common themes in the world’s literature? when the printing press was invented, its inventors went looking for stories to publish from around the world. when new schools were set up in neighboring countries, children were taught the stories of both countries. when people traveled or moved to other parts of the world, they took their stories shared them, often adapting them. when different parts of the world developed systems of writing, they borrowed the literature of other cultures.

Explanation:

Cultural diffusion refers to the spread of cultural traits between groups. The key way it shaped common literary themes is through people moving, traveling, sharing their stories, and adapting them to new contexts, which directly leads to overlapping themes across global literature. The other options are either narrow (printing press, school curricula) or inaccurate (writing systems borrowing full literature rather than sharing/adapting stories).

Answer:

When people traveled or moved to other parts of the world, they took their stories shared them, often adapting them.