respect for its hierarchy and had very good treatment to its merchant class considering it greatly helped the economy. Around the middle‚ there were new trade routes; rise and decline of empires‚ and new places were involved. A new trade route‚ the Silk Road traveled to and from India‚ Africa‚ and Western Europe. Because of the help the economy of Europe had from all this trade‚ it was once again stabilized as it had been reaching the decline of the Roman Empire. In contrast‚ the Islamic Empire rose
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technologies‚ governmental policies‚ and merchant activities accompanied these developments? A. Innovations in transportation‚ state policies‚ and mercantile practices contributed to the expansion and development of commercial networks which leaded to roads being built and transporting the goods and ideas of technological advances and new ideas come to be and development of society is helped. Gun Powder is a new technology that came to be and empires used it and guns came to be and the worlds first known
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populations of around fifty million people‚ and they both covered approximately two million square miles. The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty both sought to protect their trade routes (the Roman Empire had the Mediterranean and the Han Dynasty had the Silk Road). They protected their trade routes by expanding their empires into these territories. Both empires had economies based off of agriculture‚ so for them the more land they owned the wealthier the empire was. These empires also developed an infrastructure
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controlled China and Russia economically had both differences and similarities. One difference of how the Mongols treated China instead of Russia economically was that with China the Mongols had direct rule and wanted to have all control of the Silk Road. Unlike Russia‚ the Mongols had indirect control over them. In which then‚ it made China’s class later to be seen that there was poverty everywhere. The Chinese saw this Mongol rule cruel and unacceptable because it led China to a devastating point
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thoroughly involved in technological advances that all went into their economical lives. Both Africa and China traded rare products‚ which had very high demand throughout the rest of the world. China specialized in porcelain and silk. They traded these through the Silk Road and mainly traded with Southeast Asia. Africa on the other hand traded mainly salt and gold. Most importantly‚ they started the trading of slaves. They used the Trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean trade routes mostly. Both were fairly
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China had once saw itself as almighty‚ but in times of devastating rebellions and foreign pressure‚ they had to ask for help from a Turkish tribe named the Uighurs. A major change involving religion was the spread of Buddhism from India through the silk roads into China. Buddhism was a new faith of hope and order for the Chinese. The emergence of Buddhism led to social changes. Buddhism became a syncretic faith with Confucianism and Daoism. Argument over Buddhism’s importance led to these changes. Buddhism
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to an increase in sea trade. “Unlike the Atlantic‚ the Indian Ocean had long served to connect rather than divide‚ facilitating trade among East Africa‚ the Persian Gulf‚ Indian‚ Southeast Asia‚ and China along maritime routes complementing the Silk Road that had long bridged eastern and western Eurasia by land” (Hansen and Curtis 471). The Dutch and the Portuguese stepped in‚ and intruded on the Indian Ocean. The goal of the Portuguese was to build new networks of trade and create a big empire‚
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Many civilizations of the world develop their own ways of life‚ and eventually it gets shared with other civilizations. These civilizations develop technologies‚ ways of making life easier‚ and when other leaders see that‚ they want that for their region as well. This can lead to many bad things‚ such as war‚ but it can also lead to the development of new ideas and technologies. Along with technologies‚ religious beliefs can also be traded. For example‚ Buddhism started in India‚ but spread to China
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of this‚ even though in different ways‚ both the Chinese and Byzantine Empire were a huge influence in trade at the time. The Byzantine Empire‚ after the Roman Empire split into Islam‚ Byzantium‚ and Western Europe‚ maintained roads as they were before. Through these roads‚ the Byzantine Empire was linked to outside trade because due to its strategic location and its good and deep harbors‚ the Byzantine Empire became the empire that linked trade routes from Europe to
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power for approximately 400 years. It was a good system and lasted so long because it kept the security and quality of life high for the Chinese people. There was a strong government and a good economy. The Hans connected the vast empire with The Silk Road‚ which made travel and trade across the empire much safer. When the power was distributed and the peasants started rebelling‚ including the Yellow Turban revolution‚ the people were convinced that the Hans had lost the Mandate of Heaven and the dynasty
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