The Silk Route is a convenient name for the Trans Asia trade routes. At one point it was viewed as a road along which silk from China was brought to Turkey and sold to Europeans. That is an overly simplistic and not terribly realistic view. It was not a single road but a number of interconnecting Caravan Routes over which trade was conducted. Additionally Sericulture only dates back a few thousand years the Silk Route is much older. The Silk Road: Linking Europe and Asia Through Trade The Silk
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SILK Silk is undisputedly the most beautiful of all natural fibers‚ with its unearthly sheen. It is also uncommonly strong‚ even at its finest‚ when it is almost invisible. It is unlike any other fiber used to make fabrics‚ for it is neither grown in a field or on an animal. It is not manufactured in a factory. A humble caterpillar about the size of a woman’s smallest finger produces the silk fiber‚ spinning it out of its mouth‚ using tiny fore-legs to place the silk where it should go. It is
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sent Columbus to get spices from India‚ he landed in the Americas and mistakenly called the people there Indians. New Worlds were being discovered between those three masses and the population was escalating due to the slave trade and booming economy‚ and the industrial production advanced from man-made to machine-made. Western Europe is the sum of an abundance of positive outcomes from their interaction with the Atlantic world. Although all these different changes took place‚ the Atlantic World’s
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Spider silk What is Spider silk? Spider silk is incredibly tough and it is stronger by weight than steel. Quantitatively‚ spider silk is five times stronger than steel of the same diameter. It has been suggested that a Boeing 747 could be stopped in flight by a single pencil-width strand and spider silk is almost as strong as Kevlar‚ the toughest man-made polymer. It is finer than the human hair and is able to keep its strength below -40°C. Spider silk is also very elastic and capture
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Name: Pope Silvester Date of Birth: 22/6/843 Town: Rome Candidate Number: 843154185 The Year 902 AD: Continuity and Change in Medieval Europe. In the continuum of medieval history‚ the year 902 AD emerges as a chapter characterized by both continuity and change. Against the backdrop of political intrigue‚ cultural exchange‚ and religious fervor that defined the era‚ the events of this year offer a nuanced glimpse into the tapestry of medieval Europe. As the successor to the tumultuous events of
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Title: It’s Kind of a Funny Story Author: Ned Vizzini Number of pages total: 444 pg. Quarter of the way through the book: 111 pg. Midway point of the book: 222 pg. Three quarters of the book: 333 pg. Pre-reading: The topic that this book touches upon‚ teen depression‚ is something very common these days especially in fourteen to seventeen year olds. I wanted to read about it from an author who actually experienced some type of depression. The book looked like it wasn’t trying so hard to
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During the post-classical era‚ East Asian trade experienced many changes through their innovations and means of trade-both maritime and overland. However‚ the spread of religion through these trade routes remained constant. One innovation that changeed East Asian trade was the introduction of the grand canal by the Sui dynasty. It was a system of artificial waterways that went from Hangshou to Bejing and Chang’an. The grand canal served as East Asia’s principal mean of internal trade. When it
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Summary * Still under control of the Mongols * Isolated Russia from many of the advancements made in Western Europe during this time * Began a period of territorial expansion and government reform after freedom from Mongols * Embarked on an aggressive program of westernization in order to leap forward and make up for lagging * Forced imposition of European culture on the people of Russia would create an identity crisis for Russians that continues to this day Breaking
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culture and goods. Even before the invention of the steam engine‚ railroads or the pony express there was an even older way of transport‚ the Silk Roads.The Silk Roads were a way of transport throughout Eurasia. They also heavily impacted the spread of goods and culture throughout Asia and how it impacted the spread and growth of civilizations. Before the Silk Roads were widely used‚ it was first traveled by Zhang Qian. Zhang Qian was an ambassador sent by Emperor Wudi to recruit the Yuezhi as an ally
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time‚ there have been both changes and continuities. One continuity is that politicians have kept Medicare‚ Medicaid‚ and the Education subsidies from LBJ’s plan largely intact. One change is that LBJ’s plan focused on directly providing money to those in poverty‚ while later plans focused on getting people jobs. Politicians have kept Medicare‚ Medicaid‚ and Education subsidies intact from the Great Society. Medicare and Medicaid have the goal of preventing people from going into debt due to medical
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