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    com/Cross+Cultural+Exchanges+and+the+Silk+Road III. Differences: The only difference between both Han China and Gupta India getting epidemic disease was the time periods of when they got it. Han China first started seeing epidemic disease around 2nd and 3rd centuries (CE). Gupta India first started seeing epidemic disease around 1963. Another difference between Han China and Gupta India getting epidemic disease was how it spread. The spreading of epidemic disease in Han China was because of the Silk Roads. The spreading

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    Do you like traveling or meeting new people? Most yes‚ everyone likes to travel‚ but some people are unique. Some of them devote their time in traveling to gain new experience and knowledge about different places around the world. Similarly‚ Paul Salopek‚ the writer of “Out of Eden Walk”‚ an excerpt from National Geographic has planned to devote seven years of his life to travel from the Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia to tip of South America. Paul Salopek about his journey and the most common that

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    liberty or rights * If they gave birth to a female they were shunned upon * Not allowed to go anywhere without permission * Women were seen as inferior | Travel and Trade | * Traded silk‚ porcelain and tea * Trade to show off China’s wealth and power * Traded with West Asia and Europe along the silk route * Brought goods back from exotic places visited | * Gold and salt trade * Huge caravans regularly crossed the Sahara desert. * Timbuktu and Goa became large commercial centres

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    Plagues and People

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    Plagues and Peoples was written by William H. McNeill. The basis of this book all falls on epidemiology‚ also known as the study of patterns‚ causes‚ and effects that disease and health conditions have on certain populations. McNeill’s writing shows how the relationship that mankind‚ referred to a macroparasites‚ and parasites‚ referred to as microparasites‚ have made an impact on the world through history. The relationship at first during existence was said to be “balanced”‚ but when mankind in

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    A. Existing trade routes including the Silk Roads‚ the Mediterranean Sea‚ the trans­Saharan  and the Indian Ocean basins flourished and promoted the growth of powerful new trading  cities. (such as—to mention just a few— Novgorod‚ Timbuktu‚ the Swahili city­states‚  Hangzhou‚ Calicut‚ Baghdad‚ Melaka‚ Venice‚ and‚ in the Americas‚ Tenochtitlan or Cahokia)                  Hannah Shapiro and Eliza Antonowich  Prior knowledge  As new trade routes developed‚ major trading ports and cities were necessary to provide a 

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    Both A Pair of Silk Stockings and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin‚ were written from a third person point of view‚ making the story less subjective and more objective. As a result the reader is unable to put him or herself into the story. The narrative structures of A Pair of Silk Stockings and The Story of an Hour differ in that the setting‚ the time and overall story plots are completely different. There is one similarity that sticks out‚ both protagonists are selfish. There is really strong

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    class‚ they were born from another religion‚ and they were spread by missionaries. Both Christianity and Buddhism were able to spread along the silk roads. Christianity spread from its origin in the Middle East through the Roman Empire‚ to Eastern Europe‚ and to parts of Eastern and Southwest Asia. Buddhism originated in India‚ and spread along the silk roads to Southeast Asia. Buddhism appealed to the lower class and women. It was less dependent on the higher class (Brahmins) and disregarded the

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    It allowed these regions to become interconnected through religion and beliefs. After the Tang regained control over the Silk Road‚ Muslim traders began to travel along it and journey east. For this reason‚ they gradually made their way to China. Consequently‚ as they carried Islam with them‚ it was first introduced to China during this period‚ the Tang Dynasty. As Islam

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    Three Dominate Empires

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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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    Ap Unit 1&2 Foundations

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    Foundations 14% of the AP Exam Climate Climate has been a major factor in determining where people settled. Peopled settled in areas that has climates that would accommodate agriculture and livestock. Time Periods • The Paleolithic Age refers to about 12‚000 BC. During this time people were nomadic. • The Neolithic Age refers to the age from about 12‚000 BC to about 8000 BC. It is during this time that people settled in communities and civilization began to emerge. • River Valley Civilizations

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