different political aspects. The Tang and Song Dynasties had fairly similar economic policies. The lone difference was that during the Tang Dynasty‚ trade occurred in the city‚ while in the Song Dynasty‚ there was only trade with India along the Silk Road. In terms of similarities‚ they both utilized the Grand Canal for trade and transport. They both had a strong military and made and utilized gunpowder‚ and they contained an elaborate tax system‚ which featured the use of paper money. Lastly‚
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Chapter 7 Networks of Communication and Exchange: Focus Questions: 1. The factors that contributed to the growth of trade along the Silk Road is that it was located along the threshold of central Asia. All of the traders share customs with the steppe nomads farther to the East (202). The Chinese were eager to buy western products (203) which were another contributing factor for trade to be in one central area‚ because merchants would flock to that area. Cooperative relations between caravan traders
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Interconnections Resulted from the Silk Road When discussing how the Silk Road has contributed to global change and expansion of discovery and technology‚ it is key to focus on how its success is dependent on the development of the three dominate empires within the time period; The Mali‚ The Mongolian and The Aztec. These complex societies were reliant on merchants and specialty crafters from across oceans and continents. Trade is a mutually beneficial transaction that either profits or increases
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setbacks The Qing and Russian Empires both had problems in government and military that were solved by mimicking European styles and strategies. Russia was a vast‚ cold empire with almost no organization‚ no navy‚ a limited army‚ very few decent roads‚ and few warm water ports. The tsar Peter the Great hoped to strengthen his country by westernizing it. In Moscow‚ Peter was intrigued with their maritime talk and with the sea-faring instruments they showed him. As a young man
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production of Chinese silk ("contributions‚" 2003-2012). The four most ingenious or innovative contributions are paper‚ the compass‚ printing and silk. Europeans thought of Chinese silk as elegant and traders would pay the same weight in gold for this high commodity. Silk was traded along the “silk road”‚ another ancient Chinese innovation‚ which stretched from the Yellow River valley to the Mediterranean‚ nearly five thousand miles long (Sayre‚ 2011‚ p. 224). The silk road was the doorway to
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BCE Qin Dynasty- 221-202 BCE Han Dynasty- 202 BCE- 220 CE Geographic Description Located on the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers. Expanding dynasties. Moved beyond Yellow and Yangtze River Moved beyond Yellow and Yangtze River; extended westward along Silk road during Emperor Wudi’s reign. P Used the Mandate of Heaven and dynastic cycle for the rise and fall of dynasties. Government was feudalism where local lords governed; given land and in return provided military service to their leader. Confucius theorized
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purchase and sale of imported goods‚ and to issue foreign trade permits for local merchants. Chinese goods that flowed north in large quantities included tea‚ silk‚ copper coins‚ paper and printed books etc. The return flow included horses that Song needed desperately for its armies but also other animals and goods that had traveled across the Silk Road. There was also vigorous sea trade with Korea‚ Japan and lands to the southwest. During Song times this maritime trade for the first time exceeded
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CHAPTER 7 Han Dynasty China And Imperial Rome‚ 300 BCE–300 CE Chapter Study Outline I. China and Rome: How empires are built A. Unprecedented power: Roman and Han characteristics 1. Size‚ quality‚ and lasting worldwide impact 2. Cultural‚ economic‚ and administrative control B. Empire and cultural identity 1. Han a. Civilian magistrates and
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Patriarchy was continuity for Chinese civilization. Many of Confucius’ beliefs and values will survive and withstand many potential changes to come. One of these changes were Buddhism‚ which came into China through many different paths such as the Silk Road. The Han Dynasty fell‚ causing China to go into a three year period of chaos. China’s cultural unity was threatened by the spread of Buddhism‚ though it was tone of the one ideas that was imported into China before the 20th century. Fortunately for
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them‚ there were peasants‚ artisans and merchants. At the bottom were soldiers and slaves. The Silk Road served as a significant factor of the economic development during the Han Dynasty. It was a series of trade routes that involved connection between the West and China. Merchants travelled along the Silk Road by means of camel caravans to trade their goods. Goods such as silk‚ spices‚ ivory‚ and gems were exported to the West. Meanwhile‚ western goods such as linen‚ wool‚ glass‚ metal
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