DEPARTMENT OF LIFE AND CONSUMER SCIENCES Animal Diversity I ZOL1501 Semester I: Assignment no.: 01 MEMO 2014 QUESTION 1 [10] a. Monophyletic group is a group that includes the most recent common ancestor of a group of organisms‚ and all of its descendants. b. Parthenogenesis is a unisexual reproduction involving the reproduction of young by females not fertilized by males. c. Metamerism is a condition of being composed of serially repeated parts (metameres). Serial segmentation. Metamerism is
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people from many different ethnic groups. Many ideas such as the Silk Road and commercial treaties have brought ideas across the world‚ and help expand empires even more. We will explore how trades worked together to unite diverse peoples‚
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China impacted the world in many ways with their many great inventions‚ that they brought along the Silk Road. The great inventions were paper‚ printing press‚ compass‚ gunpowder‚ kites‚ etc. Only one of the magnificent inventions stand out from the others. That one would be‚ the compass. The compass helped introduce new parts of our Earth that we could not find ourselves. The compass was made of magnetite‚ which was magnetic. The magnetite aligned north and south because the of the magnetic fields
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China(25c.e-220c.e) and Imperial Rome(245 c.d-476 c.e0‚ They both traded through the silk road‚ the Han had a strong centralized government while the Romans operated with a decentralized structure‚ and lastly the Han attempted diplomatic solutions when it came to military matters while Rome had a far more aggressive reputation when dealing with enemies. Han China and imperial Rome where both around when the silk road flourished and being the two largest empires of the time period they where the
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The Silk Road from China to India Over many centuries two vast regions of Asian continent – China and India have been seeking after mutually beneficial trade relations. The great mountainous system of Hindukush‚ which latitudinally stretches from India for almost 800 kilometres‚ the Tibetan Upland in south-western part of China‚ which is surrounded by the mountain systems of the Himalayas and the Karakorum‚ upland plains and the Tien-Shan mountains in the western and north-western parts
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Ancient Commerce in China The Silk Road Antonio Camargo SiMBA 2011 ____________________ Jan / 2012 Table of Contents 1- The Route 3 2- Name and Purpose 4 3- Routes 4 4- Mongol Age 6 5- The Peak‚ Decline and Sea Route 7 6- Nowadays 8 7- Conclusion 8 8- References 9 1- The route The Silk Road‚ or Silk Route‚ is the most famous and important historically trading route of ancient Chinese civilization. This
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powerful empires of their time. One of significant reason of their conflict is controlling the Silk Road. Which empire controls the commerce on Silk Route‚ it controls the wealth. In this study I want to work on with Roman - Sassanid trade relations and conflicts in third to sixth sanctuary. Before I start‚ I want to explain importance of the Silk Road and brief history of Roman – Sassanid conflicts. The Silk Roads are a collection of trade routes that connected China and Europe from 100 BCE to 1500
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Final Exam Topic #4 There were many traders ran through Africa and Eurasia during the time frame of 300-1450 C.E. The trades of Mediterranean Sea‚ Trans-Saharan‚ Indian Ocean and Silk Road played a dominant role in trade networks. There were changes but also continuities The need for trade for the Trans-Saharan area began in 800 B.C.E. The importance of this trade were to trade items such as gold‚ slaves‚ ebony‚ coffee beans‚ iron‚ colored dye‚ leather‚ camels‚ wheat and barley. The developments
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During the time period of 200 BCE to 1450 CE‚ the Silk Road was very‚very important. The Silk Road was able to connect empires from the eastern part to the western part. While major items have been exchange in the the Silk Road spreaded religion‚ technology‚ideas‚styles of customs‚ and spreads of disease was always an occasion at the time. There were so much Continuity in the Silk road.For example‚ during the Silk Road people would travel and spread their culture and religion. people would
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300 BCE-600 BCE I. The Silk Road A. Origins and Operations -The Chinese General Zhang Jian is credited as “originator of overland trade with the western lands.” He made 18 expeditions across deserts to west; he first went to Fergana river-valley. Helped to introduce new plants trees to China through the trade. - Long-distance trade was made important by China’s demand for western products. Nomadic steppe people didn’t trade very much but controlled areas of the Silk Road and sold pack animal’s
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