600-1450 C.E. 27. Where and when did the Kush and Axum civilizations develop‚ and what were their major industries for trade? The Kush and Axum civilizations developed to the south of Egypt in the upper reaches of the Nile river. Kush developed at about the same time as ancient Egypt‚ and at one point around 750 B.C.E. actually conquered it. Less than a hundred years later‚ however‚ Kush retreated southward back to its capital at Meroe‚ where it became the center of ironworks and trade. After the
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new age. Spider silk is the key to this project. Its strength is very important. Its stickiness helps catch prey. The production of silk is very important. First‚ strength of silk. Second‚ the stickiness of silk. Last‚ the production of silk. The strength of silk can keep bugs from breaking through. It also prevents them from falling down. The strength of it also prevents snapping randomly. Dragline silk consists of proteins called spidroins. These are made in the spider’s silk glands as a thick
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With more than three weeks to write a 500-1500 word essay‚ you have more control over your application essay than over any other aspect of the application. As a result‚ you should not take the essay lightly considering that many applicants will spend weeks perfecting their essays. However‚ because we realize that some students do not begin thinking about the essay until the week before it is due‚ our EssayEdge editors can return your edited essay within 24 hours. Some applicants with high grades
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Questions-The silk roads & Byzantium 1 It helped set the stage because long distance trade was happening between east and west Asia already which brought the influence and beginning of silk roads. 2 The fine spices-cloves‚ nutmeg‚ mace‚ and cardamom came from Southeast Asia. Ginger came from China and Southeast Asia‚ pepper from India‚ and sesame oil from India‚ Arabia‚ and Southeast Asia. Central Asia produced large‚ strong horses and high-quality jade. The Roman Empire came glassware‚ jewelry
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technologies and political change. The silk roads started during the Han dynasty in China in about 200 CE. The trade routes started at the Han capital Chang’an and then went around the dangerous Taklamakan desert. The trade routes stopped at various oasis towns‚ and one major city that was bustling with international trade was Kashgar in India. From Kashgar‚ the silk roads either went to India‚ Africa‚ or western Europe. Since other countries did not know how to manufacture silk‚ emperor Wu was very supportive
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Base on the document‚ Marco Polo followed his father and uncle travel along the silk road trading goods from Europe. Due to his ability to speak four different languages and describe things into details‚ Khubilai Khan the emperor of the Mongol including China decides to keep him which he later became an advisor and tax collector to the emperor. When Marco Polo returned to Italy after spending seventeen years in the Mongol kingdom where he gives account about how the Mongol won their battles and dominant
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Continuity and Differentiability Extra questions: 1) If f(x) = is continuous at x = 0‚ find the value of a and b 2) A function f is defined as f(x) = for x 1 = - for x = 1. Show that f(x) is differentiable at x = 1 and find its value 3) Let f(x) = if x 2 = k‚ if x = 2. If f(x) is continuous for all x‚ then find the value of k. 4) Let f(x) be a function of x defined as f(x) = ‚ x 1
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Silk - the queen of all fabrics is historically one of India’s most important industries. India produces a variety of silks called Mulberry‚ Tasar‚ Muga and Eri‚ based on the feeding habit of the cocoons. The sericulture industry today employs over 700‚000 farm families and is mostly concentrated in Karnataka‚ Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh and to some extent Assam and West Bengal. Karnataka accounts for more than 70 percent of the country’s total silk production. Sericulture is one industry which
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The world has experienced many changes in past generations; this paper will briefly outline different stages in life between 1500 and 1800 according to Blainey (2002) and will conclude with my reflection on how life has changed since 1800. According to Blainey” life in 1800 was spent by most families scavenging and hunting for food‚ living off grains in the form of damper‚ cereal‚ and soup” ( 2000‚ p 410).Gathering food including bird eggs and wild berries would be how daily life revolved (Blainey
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[pic] [pic]Silk Road From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Silk Route) Jump to: navigation‚ search |[pic] |Please help improve this article by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page. (October 2008) | For other uses‚ see Silk Road (disambiguation). [pic] [pic] The Silk Road extending from Southern Europe through Arabia‚ Somalia‚ Egypt‚ Persia‚ Pakistan‚ India‚ Bangladesh‚ Java‚ and Vietnam until it reaches China. Land routes
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