Journal Entry One: The geography of ancient China‚ or more specifically‚ the Zhou dynasty‚ had a great impact on its residents. It varied greatly‚ from highs to lows in temperature‚ elevation‚ and rainfall. The northern border of the Zhou dynasty was marked by the Gobi desert. To the west‚ the massive expanse of the Himalaya mountains spread out across China. In the east‚ they were met with the Yellow Sea‚ or the Huanghai Sea‚ which provided a way to initiate trade routes across the waters. The
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Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta Centuries ago the world of traveling over sea was something un known to man. It was seen as crazy because only the bravest of brave did it. The reasons were because you put your life and health at risk. The possibilities of dying were too high‚ and most just didn’t travel over sea because of that simple fact. Two of the most famous world travelers in the pre-modern period were Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta. Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta were both European Explorers who sailed
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WHAP DBQ Rough Draft The roles played by metropolises in the Islamic civilizations were huge. In the Post-Classical Age‚ the Muslim societies had roles such as the expansion and prosperity of their empire‚ the standardized and organized form of government they brought‚ and finally‚ the spread of their culture through trading and invasions throughout the Post-Classical world. Firstly‚ the expansion of the Islamic empire kept growing and its prosperity was never lacking. Marco Polo‚ himself
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Mathewe Matlock 10.2.13 Musa‚ Arabia 1st period 1.What item(s) was so rare that you could not obtain it? We were unable to obtain cosmetics at any point and roman coins the items were too valuable to get. 2.Was it difficult to obtain some items? Why? Cosmetics were unattainable because they did not exist and the roman coins were too valuable to retrieve‚ also pepper was hard to get due to many countries wanting it. 3.What items did you obtain that you could trade to merchants in other regions
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Tajik State University of Commerce Faculty of World Economy and International Economic Relation PhD student Department of World Economy Abdulmajid Bobokhonov Main Macroeconomic Indicators of the Central Asia in 2008-2012 KAZAKHSTAN Territorial area - 2‚724‚900 km2 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Population (million) GDP( millions of US$) GDP per Capita of US$ GDP annual growth as % Industry in % of GDP Agriculture in % of GDP Service in % of GDP Export (millions of US$) Import (millions of US$)
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A deep-sea salvage company claims to have discovered the deepest ancient shipwreck ever found- a 2‚300-year-old Greek trading vessel found nearly two miles under the surface of the Mediterranean. The discovery of the shipwreck between the classical trading centers of Rhodes and Alexandria adds to the collection of evidence that is challenging the long-held theory that ancient sailors lacked the navigational knowledge and skill to sail large distances across open water. It is believed that they were
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In the 13th century‚ Marco Polo is one of the most famous traveller in the world. In 1271‚ he has a travel to China from Italy with his father and uncle‚ Nicolo and Maffeo Polo. They bring culture of European to China‚ and realized the way of life in Chinese. In 1254 ‚ Marco Polo was born in Venice . He lived in a business family and has a good education basis. He had received a good geography education‚ learning a lot of business subjects such as foreign currency‚ valuation‚ cargo management
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China was originally ruled by a monarchical system of families known as dynasties. The first imperialistic dynasty of China was the Qin dynasty. The Qin were very military minded‚ therefore‚ they sought to create a unified imperial state with a stable economy able to support a large military. The Qin dynasty is most commonly known for building the Great Wall of China. The Qin dynasty lasted from 221 to 206 BCE. The last of the great Chinese dynasties was the Ming dynasty. The Ming are regarded
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corChapter 14 Sage Eggen Per.4 Pg.387-396 fo The voyage of Vasxo da Gama has customarily been seen as crucial step in the spening of trade routes to the East. Spice trade has been carried on by sea in the region since the days of the legendary queen of sheba Spice trade was being transported in Muslims ships selling from ports in india or the middle east Major impact of Islam came in the early fifteenth century with the rise of the new sultanate at Malacca The Muslim
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In the Dynastic cycle‚ the shang and zhou Dynasties of ancient China showed similar periods of prosperity . the Shang and the Zhou dynasties shared an interest in education and domestic family structure. Both of the dynasty were similar in many ways like they both had one ruler and they both had a lot of wealth. The Zhou appointed governors and the Shang had local lords rule. Zhou and shang also had some differences like for example zhou took farm control over china after they beat shang
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