If there was ever an important period historians‚ and people could put a finger on‚ this would be it. This is the important period where the world’s countries‚ kingdoms‚ and dynasties established trade routes. This is the period where countries were made and countries were destroyed because of the importance of trade and the importance of building a fundamental‚ religious‚ and economical way of life. This paper will discuss the goals and functions of trades‚ and traders‚ and a historical analysis
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government to protect their borders and the safety of the roads. Then the fall of Rome made traveling along the dangerous again‚ later however the Byzantine still traded on the Silk Road. After the fall‚ the Mongols were conquering new land making it dangerous again. Later after the Mongols finished conquering the land they made a government that would encourage merchants to travel again by making the roads safer because they understood the important of trading to benefit their economy. Items that
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basic facts of Turkey. Turkey is a considerably large country located on the far western side of Asia. It touches both Europe and Asia‚ and tries to be a bridge between the West and the East. It has a very interesting political history‚ from total Mongol rule to wars for independence. This site is valuable because of the big box of facts. I have not seen that anywhere else. “Politics of Turkey.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation‚ Inc.‚ 20 March 2013. Web. 20 March 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Turkey
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Silk Road‚ the Indian Ocean‚ the trans-Saharan trade route‚ and the Mediterranean Sea led to the spread of ideas‚ religions‚ and technology. During the period known as Pax Mongolia‚ when peace and order were established in Eurasia due to the vast Mongol Empire‚ trade and cultural interaction were at their height. • Major technological developments such as the compass‚ improved shipbuilding technology‚ and gunpowder shaped the development of the world. AP EXPERT TIP When you are reading about
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Topic 2: In the Prologue to The Travel of Marco Polo the author claims that his book is "an accurate record"�‚ free from any sort of fabrication"�. Is this Statement true? How reliable and useful is this book as a source of historical information (Support your answer with evidence from the primary sources)? Marco Polo has discovered much of central Asia. Over the years many manuscripts‚ evolve around the controversial issue‚ on whether Marco Polo did go to China. How accurate his account and reliability
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time and people with skills. When Genghis Khan died‚ the land that he had owned split up. The Mongols built highways which helped them in trading. They were also the first to use gunpowder‚ coal‚ and printing. 2.) With the death of Abu Said Bahatur Khan in 1335‚ the Mongol rule in Persia fell into political anarchy. As a result of unstable control and the Black Death‚ the Mongol dynasty collapsed. Mongols effected the development of Korea‚ Japan‚ and Vietnam by influencing them by their ways. One
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Caliphates in Persia. Only India did not return to an over reaching centralized empire. During the post-classical Dar el-Islam united much of Eurasia with a single religious adherence to Islam. Also‚ the largest empire the world was ever to see‚ the Mongols‚ rose during the post classical period. These large‚ complex empires altered governments and economies‚ more by scale than bringing about any revolutionary changes. Culturally people became more urban and with that urbanization the trends toward the
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was ruled by foreign invaders‚ the Mongols (1271 1368) and the Manchus (1644 1912). The first Ming emperor‚ Chu Yuan chang‚ drove the Mongols from Peking in 1368. After providing China with nearly three centuries of relative peace‚ stability and prosperity‚ the Ming dynasty lost the capital city to a Manchu army in 1644. The Mongol Empire‚ which in its heyday included Central Asia‚ most of Russia and Persia as well as China‚ was founded by Genghis Khan. Mongol forces conquered Northern China in
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Born in 1254 A.D‚ Marco Polo grew up with a Venetian family in a trading environment. Polo‚ a highly educated individual‚ lives on in history as one of the greatest explorers of the 13th and 14th century. He traversed the Far East while keeping a detailed account of everything he experienced. His enthusiasm towards traveling‚ inspired by his family‚ propelled him to the accomplishments scholars remember him for today. Scholars utilize many of his maps‚ textbooks‚ and history lessons around the world
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This was incorrect as for they did not even know of the existence of China and the Mongol Empire‚ which were much more complex societies than they were. Some places in China and the Mongol Empire even had indoor plumbing and the successful economic usage of paper money was utilized in society. This made the Europeans competitive and they started trying to match the other empires. The
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