pieces of many other cultures. One culture in particular that has had an effect on many Americans is the Chinese culture. China’s long history has seen some extremely important inventions emerge‚ most noticeably gunpowder‚ paper making‚ compass‚ and silk. Few substances in history have had as profound an effect on human history as gunpowder... and its discovery was an accident! Ancient alchemists in China spent centuries trying to discover an elixir of life that would render the
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Relationship of China and Indonesia 1. Antiquity The relationship between the monarchy in ancient China and Indonesia since the 7th century ‚ and perhaps earlier has begun. Indonesia is part of the Maritime Silk Road connecting China and India and the Arab world. A large number of Chinese ceramics are found throughout Indonesia suggested link between the two ancient trade . National Museum of Indonesia has one of the best Chinese ceramics and found outside China ‚ Chinese and Japanese the most
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respect for its hierarchy and had very good treatment to its merchant class considering it greatly helped the economy. Around the middle‚ there were new trade routes; rise and decline of empires‚ and new places were involved. A new trade route‚ the Silk Road traveled to and from India‚ Africa‚ and Western Europe. Because of the help the economy of Europe had from all this trade‚ it was once again stabilized as it had been reaching the decline of the Roman Empire. In contrast‚ the Islamic Empire rose
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AP WORLD HISTORY SEMESTER EXAM TEST REVIEW Structure: The exam will consist of 40 multiple choice questions (20 questions on Unit 3‚ 15 questions on Unit 2‚ and 5 questions on Unit 1) and 2 free response essay questions (1 Comparative FRQ and 1 CCOT FRQ). The MCQ section will count for 50% of the grade and the FRQ section will count for 50%. The exam will be two hours. You have 35 minutes for the MCQ section and 85 minutes for the two FRQ questions. The test will cover content from class and from
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populations of around fifty million people‚ and they both covered approximately two million square miles. The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty both sought to protect their trade routes (the Roman Empire had the Mediterranean and the Han Dynasty had the Silk Road). They protected their trade routes by expanding their empires into these territories. Both empires had economies based off of agriculture‚ so for them the more land they owned the wealthier the empire was. These empires also developed an infrastructure
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controlled China and Russia economically had both differences and similarities. One difference of how the Mongols treated China instead of Russia economically was that with China the Mongols had direct rule and wanted to have all control of the Silk Road. Unlike Russia‚ the Mongols had indirect control over them. In which then‚ it made China’s class later to be seen that there was poverty everywhere. The Chinese saw this Mongol rule cruel and unacceptable because it led China to a devastating point
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thoroughly involved in technological advances that all went into their economical lives. Both Africa and China traded rare products‚ which had very high demand throughout the rest of the world. China specialized in porcelain and silk. They traded these through the Silk Road and mainly traded with Southeast Asia. Africa on the other hand traded mainly salt and gold. Most importantly‚ they started the trading of slaves. They used the Trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean trade routes mostly. Both were fairly
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China had once saw itself as almighty‚ but in times of devastating rebellions and foreign pressure‚ they had to ask for help from a Turkish tribe named the Uighurs. A major change involving religion was the spread of Buddhism from India through the silk roads into China. Buddhism was a new faith of hope and order for the Chinese. The emergence of Buddhism led to social changes. Buddhism became a syncretic faith with Confucianism and Daoism. Argument over Buddhism’s importance led to these changes. Buddhism
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to an increase in sea trade. “Unlike the Atlantic‚ the Indian Ocean had long served to connect rather than divide‚ facilitating trade among East Africa‚ the Persian Gulf‚ Indian‚ Southeast Asia‚ and China along maritime routes complementing the Silk Road that had long bridged eastern and western Eurasia by land” (Hansen and Curtis 471). The Dutch and the Portuguese stepped in‚ and intruded on the Indian Ocean. The goal of the Portuguese was to build new networks of trade and create a big empire‚
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Shirkira PIttman March 15‚2013 Cultural and Intellectual Life In life you will find that many people have belief systems or cultures that help make up their life. Culture is a type of tradition‚value‚ heritage shared with a group or nation. Throughout mainly history‚ many different cultures have experienced a Golden Age; it is when great advances were made in a variety of different fields. A Golden
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