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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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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setbacks The Qing and Russian Empires both had problems in government and military that were solved by mimicking European styles and strategies. Russia was a vast‚ cold empire with almost no organization‚ no navy‚ a limited army‚ very few decent roads‚ and few warm water ports. The tsar Peter the Great hoped to strengthen his country by westernizing it. In Moscow‚ Peter was intrigued with their maritime talk and with the sea-faring instruments they showed him. As a young man
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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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is the term of globalization old or new? History of globalization: The historical origins of globalization are the subject of on-going debate. Though several scholars situate the origins of globalization in the modern era‚ others regard it as a phenomenon with a long history. Some authors have argued that stretching the beginning of globalization far back in time renders the concept wholly inoperative and useless for political analysis. Archaic globalization: Perhaps the most extreme proponent
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to maintain the order and the authority of the emperor The development of qanat‚ underground canals‚ to support the economic foundation of the empires‚ agriculture Sophisticated policies promoting long-distance trade such as standardized coinage‚ road building‚ a courier service‚ accessible marketplaces‚ and banks and investment companies The emergence and elaboration of Zoroastrianism‚ a popular and influential religion whose teachings demanded high moral and ethical standards Ch 8 The Unification
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BCE Qin Dynasty- 221-202 BCE Han Dynasty- 202 BCE- 220 CE Geographic Description Located on the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers. Expanding dynasties. Moved beyond Yellow and Yangtze River Moved beyond Yellow and Yangtze River; extended westward along Silk road during Emperor Wudi’s reign. P Used the Mandate of Heaven and dynastic cycle for the rise and fall of dynasties. Government was feudalism where local lords governed; given land and in return provided military service to their leader. Confucius theorized
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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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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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CHAPTER 7 Han Dynasty China And Imperial Rome‚ 300 BCE–300 CE Chapter Study Outline I. China and Rome: How empires are built A. Unprecedented power: Roman and Han characteristics 1. Size‚ quality‚ and lasting worldwide impact 2. Cultural‚ economic‚ and administrative control B. Empire and cultural identity 1. Han a. Civilian magistrates and
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