From 1450 C.E. to 1750 C.E.‚ Japan experienced unexpected political and economic transformation‚ yet the cultural continuities were much perserved. It was during this time period that the Japanese government became more politically centralized and economically flourishing. Meanwhile‚ the cultural traditions were much maintained‚ though new forms existed. To begin with‚ dramatic political changes started in Japan from decentralized to dictatorship. In the early fifteenth century‚ decentralization
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ross Cultural Exchanges and the Silk Road Edit 0 0 130… Cross Cultural Exchanges and the Silk Road Notes (pg. 287-310) In the year 139 B.C.E.‚ the Chinese emperor Han Wudi sent an envoy named Zhang Qian on a mission to lands west of china. The emperor’s purpose was to find allies who could help combat the nomadic Xiongnu‚ who menaced the northern and western borders of the Han empire. From captives he had learned that other nomadic peoples in far wester lands bore grudges against the Xiongnu
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The Silk Road‚ once a popular trade route‚ slowly was overshadowed by the growing Indian Ocean trade. The Indian Ocean trade route was more efficient‚ easier to travel‚ and much faster. Meanwhile the Silk Road became less traveled because of its harsh geography‚ the spread of disease‚ and the fall of the empires that supported the trade. Differences in geography caused the Silk Road to decline and expanded the Indian Ocean trade. Both routes experienced different kinds of difficulties. The Silk
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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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Base on the document‚ Marco Polo followed his father and uncle travel along the silk road trading goods from Europe. Due to his ability to speak four different languages and describe things into details‚ Khubilai Khan the emperor of the Mongol including China decides to keep him which he later became an advisor and tax collector to the emperor. When Marco Polo returned to Italy after spending seventeen years in the Mongol kingdom where he gives account about how the Mongol won their battles and dominant
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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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to jump at the chance to get one. This meant a high demand for slaves. As plantations grew‚ the need for more slaves grew as well. This significantly affected the Atlantic slave trade. WHAT LABOR SYSTEMS DEVELOPED IN THE COLONIAL AMERICAS? The post-1450 economic order affected the social‚ economic‚ and political elites in multiple ways. The merchant class was benefited because trade was growing and they were the majority of the people involved in trading which helped that class. This also helped the
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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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Ngo 7th period 10/6/2012 SILK ROAD VS SAHARAN TRADE ROUTES The Silk Road and the Saharan Caravan trade routes had many differences and similarities in their development and the impact on the civilizations they made. They were comparable and diverse in many areas of society such as: the development of the empire and how it all began‚ architecture and writing that was developed‚ and the spread of religion throughout the region between 300 BCE – 600 CE. The Silk Road developed between 300 BCE and
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