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    area of Management‚ law‚ engineering (Lee‚ 2017). Opportunities include Hong Kong is a super connector that links many companies around the globe‚ Hong Kong acts as a fundraising platform (Hong Kong/China: Hong Kong Looks to Key Role in China’s New Silk Road‚ 2016). The HKSAR government is initiating the policies that can maximize the strengths and fully utilize the opportunities given by Hong Kong‚ so as to be benefited as much as possible by China. On the other hand‚ there is weakness like Hong

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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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    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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    distance trade across Afro-Eurasia Long distance trade really increased in Afro-Eurasia from 500c.e. to 1500c.e. Some of the reasons for the increase included the introduction of camels‚ transportation with boats‚ and transportation on the silk roads. Some of these trade routes were easier to transport stuff more efficiently‚ but they all were used. Firstly‚ camels were introduced in about 300c.e.. This was a big upgrade from the donkeys because camels could go up to ten days without

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    TANG & SONG 1. How did government affect your dynastic era? Tang Dynasty: The administration was organized into 10 political districts called “Dao” which was then later increased to 15. In each political district there were towns‚ villages‚ and families. The official system of the Tang administration involved the central official system and local official system. The central official system followed the Sui Dynasty’s (581 - 618) three departments and six ministries system. The six major

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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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    barracks between ages 7 to 30 2. What is the economic system or trade system like? Qin Dynasty - building of roads and bridges‚ and the introduction of standard currency increased trading - high taxes Han Dynasty - used the silk road to trade - main item was silk Maurya Empire - agriculture was the main source of wealth - farmers used excessive irrigation systems Gupta Empire - traded mainly with salt and metals - relied on 1/4 of agriculture taxes Republic - large numbers of slave

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    the prominent Classical Period. Although Christianity and Buddhism both flourished through social interaction over the silk roads‚ which lead to immense cultural exchange‚ there were various reasons linked to religious diffusion which were greatly taken advantage of with respect to regional and religious distinctions. Starting in 200 BCE and developing well into 700 CE‚ the silk roads and sea routes spanned across most of Asia‚ linking the Roman Empire with China and other prominent civilizations

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    11/9/11 English 9/10 H Imagine living in opulence for your entire childhood‚ and then living in poverty for the rest of your life. It would be unthinkably strange‚ and you would not know how to maintain a balanced life. The short story “A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin tells of a widow named Mrs. Summers who has lived very comfortably as a child but in poverty as she grew up. This is an example of realism. This story displays two types of realism: social realism and psychological realism

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    China was taken over by the Mongols and submitted to their rule; however‚ the Mongols kept the bureaucratic political system in play throughout their rule in China. Economically‚ Chinese involvement and production with trade increased majorly‚ but the Silk Road trade route was used continuously throughout the time period. As the changes and continuities appeared‚ they citizens of China could direct them back to only one group‚ the mighty Mongols. After Genghis Khan’s rule ended‚ his sons broke into

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