The general topic of “All the Silks of China” is economic rise and fall of the Chinese Empire as a power in the Indian Ocean trade system (317). The central question is‚ “Why did China‚ when it was on the verge of a hegemonic role‚ withdraw from the Indian Ocean trade system(322)?”. Abu-Lughod systematically explains why China was capable of being a major world power during the 1300s. Her main pieces of evidence was China’s “technological sophistication” and its “Business Practices and Institutions”
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by Cormac McCarthy‚ The Road explains the story of a boy and his father living in a post-apocalyptic world‚ ridden with cannibalism and diseases threatening their lives. McCarthy has constructed a world around the boy and father‚ showing aspects of human nature to warn readers of the importance within trust and the will to survive in humanity. Conversely‚ detrimental effects that lie within these aspects of human nature are shown. Examples are specifically shown in The Road through boy and the father’s
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This novel‚ ‘On the Jellicoe road’‚ written by Melina Marchetta‚ is about a 17- year old girl called Taylor Markham‚ who is the leader of the boarders at the Jellicoe school. She was left at a 7-11 by her mother when she was eleven years old and has never known anything about her family except for the faint childhood memories she has of her mother. Taylor is under a lot of pressure catering to everyone’s’ needs in the boarding house as she’s not a people person‚ as well as trying to fight the territory
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The Road Not Taken Personal Response: I think that the poem "the Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost is a beautiful short poem‚ and that this poem may tell an experience that you will eventually have in your life or an experience that you have had in your life. This poem seems to be about a person who had to chose between two big decisions that has occured in his life. And there is one path that seems to be so much easier‚ with less effort to reach the end of this path. The other path is the one
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Prompt: Analyze changes and continuities in long-distance migrations in the period from 1700 to 1900. Be sure to include specific examples from at least TWO different world regions. The first migrations to the Americans were by cattle. The North had more slaves than the South. The South had a successful slave revolt. Trains in Russia caused the serfs to run faster. Teepees were mobile homes for Indians. Bantus migrated to California for the movie industry. Main technology that remained the
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The Road Not Taken The main theme in “The Road Not Taken”by Robert Frost is about making choices.The poem starts off when the speaker finds himself walking by the woods and comes across a cross road.The speaker then has to decide which way to continue by. One road seems to be as if it has been traveled many times‚ causing the road to be easier to travel by. That is because many people have already walk that path and worn it out. Yet‚ the other road seems to be more problematic to be traveled by‚
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Language – text (forms and features) Mending Wall – Frost’s use of the wall as an extended metaphor represents the division between the neighbours‚ but ironically‚ is the thing that draws them together‚ “We keep the wall between us as we go.” The wall separates them‚ but the use of the word ‘us’ illustrates their connection. Therefore‚ the wall illustrates the boundaries of human interaction that people create on life’s journey‚ as well as learning to accept people’s different perspectives. The
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sewn the seeds for modern concepts of intertextuality (such as those developed by Roland Barthes and Julia Kristeva). Intertextuality challenges the idea of a text’s ability to be truly original and therefore disagrees with Hirsch’s theory. In this essay‚ I will focus on how conscious intertextuality as well as the semiotics involved in unconscious intertextuality both dispute the idea that the meaning of a text belongs exclusively to its author’s intentions. Julia Kristeva‚ who was the first
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Road rage‚ the disease which is in the bodies of every driver. The disease can be dangerous if in the wrong hands‚ yet can be very helpful in the correct hands. Sometimes when someone crosses the line while under the influence of road rage‚ I must step in and try my best to put them back in order. When a random driver verbally attacks my mother‚ I step in and feel the need to join the argument and end the conflict as soon as possible. Back in the summer my life cycled between work‚ baseball‚ and
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My Road to Success Many people believe that natural ability is of pivotal importance for success while others argue that hard work is the key factor. However‚ the person‚ who has a gift of ability but lack of experience gains from hard-working‚ may not succeed. In my opinion hard work is still more important as it helps us to attain the higher levels than what lazy individuals with special ability can have. Natural ability does benefit us a lot in order to achieve success in life. Individuals
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