Long-distance travel and trade increased greatly throughout asia in the 1400s. why is this period referred to as the “first global age”? a. rulers during this period decided that they needed nothing from other cultures. b. nomadic tribes traveled farther than ever before, spreading not only valuable goods but also their religion, islam. c. nomadic tribes hunted for food by traveling across a newly exposed land bridge. d. maps created during this period for the first time resembled globes.