What specifically did the following regions or peoples diffuse through trade? China: India: Arabs: The Americas/Mesoamerica: Eurasia and North Africa: 2. The Silk Roads were land-based trade routes linking pastoral and agricultural peoples as well as large civilizations. How were goods transported along the Silk Roads to sustain the networks of exchange among its diverse people? 3. What region became the center of the Indian Ocean commercial network? 4. In what ways did
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compared to some of the other countries that it could have exchanged ideas and goods with. This is not to say that China did not have monetary relationships with other countries‚ they have exported a large amount of goods to other countries via the Silk Road and via ship trade. One of China’s most famous explorers‚ Zheng He aided in the trade process. Zheng He had a large fleet of ships that he lead many voyages on and this was one example of early sea
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The Crusades‚ Silk Road‚ Umayyad‚ and Abbasid Dynasties • A1 The start of the Crusades begins with the Turks. In the early 11th century CE‚ the Seljuk Turks moved west from Central Asia and came to occupy the Holy Land and Jerusalem. They did not allow Christian pilgrims access to Jerusalem and other religious sites. This invasion of the Holy Land made Greek Emperor Alexis I Comnenus seek the help of Pope Urban II who was his rival‚ as the Emperor could not hold the Turks off alone. Pope Urban called
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AP World History Focus Questions for Key Concepts Period 3: Regional and Trans regional Interactions‚ c. 600 to c. 1450 CE Key Concept 3.1 Expansion and Intensification of Communication and Exchange Networks Answer Concepts & Relevant Factual Examples in Underline “Factoids” How did trade networks in the post-Classical Era compare to the Classical Era? Even though the Americas and Afro-Eurasia stayed separated‚ this era saw a deepening and widening of old and new networks of human interaction
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Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice‚ Italy. His uncle Maffeo and his father Nicolo were both famous merchants. Marco Polo was educated in literacy skills and arithmetic. He also had a good knowledge of Italian and French. Marco became famous because of his journey to Cathay and his worked with Kublai Khan and also his splendid book called "The travels of Marco Polo". In 1260‚ when Marco was six years old Nicolo and Maffeo begen their first trip going east to the other side of the Black Sea. They
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Patriarchy was continuity for Chinese civilization. Many of Confucius’ beliefs and values will survive and withstand many potential changes to come. One of these changes were Buddhism‚ which came into China through many different paths such as the Silk Road. The Han Dynasty fell‚ causing China to go into a three year period of chaos. China’s cultural unity was threatened by the spread of Buddhism‚ though it was tone of the one ideas that was imported into China before the 20th century. Fortunately for
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allowed a fusion of trade and merchants. As such Byzantines were known for their Artisan stalls within the centres of Antioch and Constantinople. This impacted on Byzantine fashion‚ there were exotic weaves‚ selvages and embroidered Syrian silk imported in‚ silk will be explored further. As far east as China initiated diverse choices in look of ensembles and accessories. In the 1100s‚ Tabriz fabric with kufic script from Persia offered
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It almost goes without saying that Globalization would be impossible without Transportation. Whether it be the 2‚000-year-old Roman Roads that connected the Mediterranean worlds of Europe‚ Africa‚ and Asia‚ many of which still exist today‚ to the Silk Road that carried goods across the entire Asian continent and beyond. Globalization would not exist if not for the maritime Triangle Trade that connected four continents‚ two hemispheres‚ and brought the Old and New World’s together. Transportation
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and Russia but the economy was affected as well. During the Mongolian rule‚ the China became a center of trade for the Eastern world. The Mongols controlled and thus protected the people of the Silk Route‚ allowing easy access to China. The Chinese were trading precious things such as porcelain and silks so people would flood into China trying to get these things. While China was succeeding in their wealth‚ Russia was struggling to grow economically. They actually basically started over with agriculture
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UNIT I: FOUNDATIONS (8000 BCE TO 600 CE) Of all the time periods covered in the AP World History curriculum‚ Foundations (8000 BCE - 600 CE) spans the largest number of years. It begins with an important Marker Event - the Neolithic Revolution - and ends after the fall of three major classical civilizations - Rome in the Mediterranean region‚ Han China‚ and the Gupta Empire of India. Broad topics addressed in the Foundations time period are: Environmental and periodization issues Early development
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