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    major arteries for the exchange of goods and ideas over long distances. The trade networks of these regions consistently enabled the spread of religious ideas far beyond their original homelands. Networks like the Trans-Saharan‚ Indian Ocean‚ and Silk Road systems always brought wealth to foreign products that enabled local producers to specialize in items best suited to their regions. Yet‚ the risk of long distance trade decreased over this period as societies expanded and technology increased. Furthermore

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    conflict is controlling the Silk Road. Which empire controls the commerce on Silk Route‚ it controls the wealth. In this study I want to work on with Roman - Sassanid trade relations and conflicts in third to sixth sanctuary. Before I start‚ I want to explain importance of the Silk Road and brief history of Roman – Sassanid conflicts. The Silk Roads are a collection of trade routes that connected China and Europe from 100 BCE to 1500 CE. Over 8‚000 kilometers of road extended from Asia to the Mediterranean

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    place as early as the third century A.D. (Masonen‚ Trans-Saharan Trade and The West African Discovery of the Meditation World). However‚ it still remains as a popular means of travel across deserts for people today (Hays‚ Transportation along the Silk Road). Multiple accounts from people‚ who traveled in a caravan‚ suggest that it is tedious and somewhat monotonous. Yet‚ much of Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist took place in a desert caravan. The character‚ Santiago‚ learned a lot from the desert when

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    trans-Saharan and Silk Road trade routes were global trade routes that shaped and impacted their respective areas during the Iron Age. The trans-Saharan and Silk Road both used similar methods of trade because of technological innovation and environmental interactions of the time. The trans-Saharan and Silk road trade routes lead to different cultural diffusion due to the difference in diversity among the ethnic groups in Asia‚ Africa‚ the Middle East‚ and Europe. Both the Trans-Saharan and Silk Road relied

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    The Impact of the Silk Road • The Silk Road at first caused many pastoral groups to form. Eventually‚ rich families did settleand build large establishments. • The Silk Road allowed the spread of religions ( see chart above ) such as Nestorian Christianity‚Manichaeism‚ Zoroastrianism‚ and Buddhism. • The stirrup spread though out the Silk Road. It allowed riders to be much more stable and thuscaused military innovation. i.e. the superiority of the Tang calvary in China. The Indian Ocean

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    government. Nations which lacked key food resources could sell precious goods like gold‚ textiles or silk. When different societies saw the wealth in these civilizations they were inclined to gain these precious goods and could go to war to have them. Three of the major trade routes that were critical in the post-classical era were the Indian Ocean trade‚ the sea and land trade in Western Europe and the Silk Road. The Indian Ocean route was composed of East Africa‚ the Middle East and South East Asia and

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    It can be seen through context that the religious beliefs of the people that live along the Silk Road have radically changed over time because of the effects of the travel and trade along the path and the diverse cultures that passed through the area over time. For a little over two thousand years‚ the Silk Road was a network of webbing that allowed various minorities the right to travel‚ leading to the dissemination of differing religious ideologies across Eurasia. It seemed that the Greek colonies

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    both of them a world power. Also they were both very advanced civilizations; the Romans built machines‚ roads‚ bridges‚ dams and most importantly aqueducts. They also had a writing system. The Han made advancements in metallurgy for making tools. They also built canals‚ bridges and made something called the silk road where people could trade goods and many religions were spread on the Silk Road. They both had a money system like ours with coin type things but mostly traded goods. The Han Dynasty

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    Stakeholders. All of the actors involved in the sustainability management process is stakeholder‚ it is a way of distinguishing between the main groups towards which companies have different kinds of duty: in particular‚ shareholders‚ customers‚ consumers and employees. Effective stakeholder management as essential to the survival and prosperity of the enterprise. At the broadest level‚ stakeholders are individuals‚ groups‚ or entities(natural environment) that claim rights or interests in a company

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    Trade‚ Commerce‚ the Silk Road and the Grand Canal in the Tang Dynasty After our presentation on trade‚ commerce‚ the Silk Road and the Grand Canal in the Tang Dynasty‚ how much do you remember? This worksheet will help you revise important facts of our presentation. Fill in the Blanks: Vocabulary Meaning agriculture Basically farming‚ including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the tending of animals to provide food‚ wool and other products. impetus The force that makes

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