After giving us a better understanding of the geography of the Silk Road‚ Foltz dives into the different religions that one would come across on the Silk Road and the impact that was made. Foltz starts with one of the oldest religions‚ Zoroastrianism‚ and supplies the fundamentals on Iranian and European religions. Buddhism traveled from India to China along the Silk Road spreading the word and the beliefs of the religion along the way. Temples and sanctuaries were established‚ schools were built
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Silk Road Vs Internet: The internet is a modern global system of connected networks that serves over a billion people around the world. It is a network that consists of different and various sources related to academics‚ business‚ local and global politics‚ and various private and public sources. The internet is a modern way for different types of people all over the world to be able to come together and communicate. The Silk Road is a series of trade and cultural transmission‚ connecting the
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While the Indian Ocean and Silk Road were different as trade networks with respect to the spread of Religion and the process of travel‚ they were similar in terms of the spread of disease through trade. The Indian Ocean and Silk Road as trade networks were different in terms of the spread of Religion. Along the Indian Ocean trade network‚ Islam was spread. This happened through Indian merchants who brought Brahmin priests‚ Arab merchants who brought Muslim scholars and Christian merchants who
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The Silk Road was a system of highways and trade networks that linked many powerful empires across the Eastern hemisphere. The Mongol Empire was at its peak during much of the Silk Road‚ extending all the way west to Poland. After the fall of the Mongol empire‚ Confucianism started to greatly influence China. The fall of the Mongol empire also led to a lot of poverty and poorly maintained cities‚ along with many new‚ rising empires. New technologies and political policies made the Silk Road decline
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There have been many trade routes and organizations throughout history. One of these trade routes is the Silk road which is known for its Chinese silk‚ which was the main product. This trade route connected the world. Another trade route was the Incense Route. This route linked the early Mediterranean civilizations. The Silk Road Probably the most famous of all the trade routes‚ the Silk Road lasted for hundreds of years‚ outliving numerous empires‚ wars and plagues‚ only the command of the Ottoman
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Zapotec Civilization was mostly relevant during 200 BCE through 600 CE. This civilization was commonly known as “cloud people”. The area they lived in was South Mexico or mesoamerica‚ the valley of Oaxaca . One of the largest indigenous groups in the mexican state of Oaxaca‚ was the Zapotecs. They inhabited four main areas of Oaxaca. Those four main areas were Central Valley‚ Isthmus of Tehuantepec‚ Sierra region in the North‚ and Southern Coastal Mountain area‚ Sierra de Miahuatlan. Religious
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Xiao Jie Yang History 9:30 The Silk Road Journey The Silk Road is one of the oldest and longest trade routes known in the ancient world. Xuan Zang is the only person in history known to have made the whole journey from the Tang capital of Chang’an all the way to India and then back. However‚ his sixteen years‚ ten thousand mile journey is a huge sacrifice that brought culture‚ religion‚ ideas‚ and various commodities together and connected China to the rest of the kingdoms to the west
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While there were so many breakthroughs the two I believe that are the biggest was The Silk Road and The Great Wall of China. The reason being is that The Silk Road brought countless amount of materials to build and invent some things that are still a necessity today. The Great Wall of China an extremely formidable wall that kept even the great Genghis Khan out of the reach of China for a period of time. The Silk Road 4000 miles of trade route.
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This chapter discusses the affect of the Silk Road and the exchange networks that occurred between 300 BCE until 1100 CE. The routes were brought up in this chapter‚ which were the Silk Road‚ the Indian Ocean‚ and the trans-Saharan trade route. These routes were used to transport goods‚ livestock‚ ideas‚ and shape new cultures. The Silk Road connected China to the Middle East across Central Asia and Iran. This route was necessitated by the Chinese demand for western products such as horses and
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The Silk Road was a trade route‚ beginning in China and created during the Han dynasty‚ which facilitated trade throughout Eurasia. The Silk Roads stretched all the way to the Mediterranean‚ and goods from places such as Rome and even Africa were traded along the roads. From 200 BC to 1450 BCE‚ the patterns of interactions along the Silk Roads changed with the spread of religions and the rise and fall of civilizations‚ but maintained continuity with the goods traded along its routes and its main
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