Xiao Jie Yang History 9:30 The Silk Road Journey The Silk Road is one of the oldest and longest trade routes known in the ancient world. Xuan Zang is the only person in history known to have made the whole journey from the Tang capital of Chang’an all the way to India and then back. However‚ his sixteen years‚ ten thousand mile journey is a huge sacrifice that brought culture‚ religion‚ ideas‚ and various commodities together and connected China to the rest of the kingdoms to the west
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During the period from 1450 to 1750‚ western Europe targeted on an era of distant places exploration and monetary enlargement that converted society. By 1450‚ Europe had recovered from intense contraction of the 14th century‚ produced by plague and marginal agriculture‚ and become resuming the economic growth that were the sample inside the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. This new length of increase‚ but‚ become no mere extension of the sooner one‚ however a thorough departure from medieval monetary
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Tittle: The celebrated symbols of ancient Chinese civilization- Silk Road’s major influence on technological revolution‚ multicultural and religious spirit exchanges are much more far-reaching than the barter trading in prosperous Early Tang Dynasty (618-917AD) Silk Road‚ the most well-known trading route of the ancient Chinese civilization and trade prosperity‚ rose to its peak in early Tang dynasty (618AD). It departed from Chang’an in China and led to the Western regions‚ It was a result
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Zapotec Civilization was mostly relevant during 200 BCE through 600 CE. This civilization was commonly known as “cloud people”. The area they lived in was South Mexico or mesoamerica‚ the valley of Oaxaca . One of the largest indigenous groups in the mexican state of Oaxaca‚ was the Zapotecs. They inhabited four main areas of Oaxaca. Those four main areas were Central Valley‚ Isthmus of Tehuantepec‚ Sierra region in the North‚ and Southern Coastal Mountain area‚ Sierra de Miahuatlan. Religious
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Thesis: Although there were similarities between the Atlantic Circuit and Silk Road trade routes‚ there were more significant differences. The first similarity between the Silk Road and the Atlantic Circuit was that both trade routes created a spread of religion and syncretism and adaptations of current religions. For example‚ the Atlantic Circuit spread and created new adaptations of African religions; in the West Indies‚ slaves were encouraged to adopt Catholic religious practices‚ but slaves
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This chapter discusses the affect of the Silk Road and the exchange networks that occurred between 300 BCE until 1100 CE. The routes were brought up in this chapter‚ which were the Silk Road‚ the Indian Ocean‚ and the trans-Saharan trade route. These routes were used to transport goods‚ livestock‚ ideas‚ and shape new cultures. The Silk Road connected China to the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran. This route was necessitated by the Chinese demand for western products such as horses and
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There have been many trade routes and organizations throughout history. One of these trade routes is the Silk road which is known for its Chinese silk‚ which was the main product. This trade route connected the world. Another trade route was the Incense Route. This route linked the early Mediterranean civilizations. The Silk Road Probably the most famous of all the trade routes‚ the Silk Road lasted for hundreds of years‚ outliving numerous empires‚ wars and plagues‚ only the command of the Ottoman
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The Silk Road is not one large road that connected the Mediterranian to East Asia‚ but instead it is multiple interconntected trade routes that connected multiple worlds through land and sea. The Silk Road did not just connect China to Europe‚ it connected many areas that contributed to selling their goods that would travel to other places like Japan‚ India‚ and Egypt. Sometimes goods would travel on ship through the Arabian Sea‚ the South China Sea‚ and the Medditteranian. The Silk Road connected
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Silk Silk is a fabric that is used throughout the entire the world. It is a very elegant fabric that many people prize to have. The silk fabric can trace its origins back 4000 years in China. It has a very interesting myth related to it but for all that can be said it may also be the truth. Silk is farmed and manufactured in a method known as sericulture and it is an extensive process but it is almost the same wherever silk is farmed. There are two major types of silk which are pure silk and wild
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600-1450 was a time of great change in Eurasia. During this time period nomadic groups like the Turks and especially the Mongols began to unite and invade many areas of Eurasia. The Mongols were able to for a massive empire spanning nearly all of Eurasia‚ uniting almost the entire continent. The Mongol invasion brought with it many major political changes‚ especially in China‚ Persia‚ and Russia. In China before the Mongol invasion there were some parts of China that were not unified as the Song
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