HUM2230 17 June 2014 Continuity and Change from The Dark Ages Through The Enlightenment and Beyond We‚ the human race‚ have always moved forward with the changing times. As we gain knowledge through education and other means we see this reflected in our way of thinking and our culture. These changes are portrayed and preserved through art. Starting back in the dark times of the Medieval period‚ we can see two art forms in particular‚ art and sculpture‚ change as we move through the Renaissance period
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Silk Road: Tea The Silk Road was a series of historical trade routes that connected cultures of European and Asian countries. Hidden in Southwest China is a lesser-known trade route called Chamadao‚ literally translated as the Tea Horse Road‚ was a central trade route for the exchange of Tibetan horses and Chinese tea (Elaine). The route started in Southwest China‚ where tea was produced‚ led north into the Tibetan mountains and into India (Yang). Due to its economic and cultural impact‚ it has
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CCOT Essay The Silk Roads were created when classical empires were established‚ and the scope of long distance trade expanded‚ connecting much of Eurasia. Throughout the Classical and post-Classical periods‚ the Silk Roads provided a way for not only goods to be introduced to new lands‚ but also ideas‚ religions and technology. The Silk Roads changed drastically due to expanding empires‚ new technology and diseases. Although the effects and empires with which the Silk Road was connected changed
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the Silk Roads After the fall of the Mauryas‚ the Kushan kingdom became the main political force in northern India. They were located across the main trade routes‚ and the Kushans prospered on the trade that was happening in that area. That area of trade and exchange was known as the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a trade route located between the Roman Empire and China‚ which also had a section that passed through the mountains northwest of India. From that area‚ goods where shipped through the
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of the Silk Roads from 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E. From 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E.‚ the Silk Roads was extremely important in connecting the empires of the east to the empires of the west. While goods were traded along these routes‚ the empires and people tied to the Silk Roads changed over time. The Silk Road’s constant trading of goods allowed new technology and religions to be dispersed throughout the east and west during this time frame‚ and not only did the ideas that travelled the Silk Roads change
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History-P.2 CCOT During the post-classical era the Silk Road was active and very important. In Euriasia from 500-1500‚ the most dramatic changes due to expanding trade is the improvement of women status due to the spread of Islam and the further diffusion of technologies and ideas from there nodal points. However‚ China has always been the main producer of silk in Eurasia from 500-1500. Due to the spread of Islam through expanding trade networks from 500-1500 treatment of women’s property and female
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"Silk Roads or Steppe Roads? The Silk Roads in World History" The main focus‚ or thesis‚ of this article was similar to the likes of Andre Gunder Frank and Barry Gills; that the trans-civilizational and‚ less understood‚ trans-ecological exchanges along the Silk Road linked all regions of the Afro-Eurasian landmass- agrarian civilizations‚ the woodland communities to the north and steppe pastoralists- into a single "world-system" of trade that is several millennia old. Among these exchanges across
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Silk Road was a merchants’ heaven and a consumers’ dream. A place wherecultural diffusion was a natural occurrence and different rich cultures could both spread and blend with freedom and prosperity. This global marketplace was took hundreds of years tostart and played a major factor our cultural past. Due to the combination of people‚ products‚ideas‚ and modes of transit‚ the first global marketplace was able to widely spread differentcultural ideas‚ beliefs‚ and lifestyles across Europe and Asia
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and Erie Canal also started during this period creating a bigger market to produce. Trade between nations on a global scale has changed through our history dramatically with transportation. Concepts that distinguish 1750 – 1900 from previous eras in world history included: industrialization‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism Basically‚ industrialization helped change the production of goods around the world and created new patterns of global trade and production. Transportation and communication were
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The Silk Road was an European/Asian trade route that helped The Romes expand their Empire and spread European culture into Asia. It stretched 4‚000 miles from China to Rome and down into Africa. The routes connected China to India‚ Persia‚ Arabia‚ Greece‚ Africa‚ and the Roman Empire. Some routes were on land and some routes were on the sea. The routes on land were very rugged‚ barren terrain where many bandit attacks took place
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