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    Chapter 7 Networks of Communication and Exchange: Focus Questions: 1. The factors that contributed to the growth of trade along the Silk Road is that it was located along the threshold of central Asia. All of the traders share customs with the steppe nomads farther to the East (202). The Chinese were eager to buy western products (203) which were another contributing factor for trade to be in one central area‚ because merchants would flock to that area. Cooperative relations between caravan traders

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    societies‚ through prosperous trade routes and political connections spawned from within individual civilizations. Over time‚ these persistent religions will develop into the basis of Western and Eastern culture that would eventually influence the emergence of new societies ruled with renewed political and religious structures even rivaling those of the prominent Classical Period. Although Christianity and Buddhism both flourished through social interaction over the silk roads‚ which lead to immense cultural

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    During the post-classical era‚ East Asian trade experienced many changes through their innovations and means of trade-both maritime and overland. However‚ the spread of religion through these trade routes remained constant. One innovation that changeed East Asian trade was the introduction of the grand canal by the Sui dynasty. It was a system of artificial waterways that went from Hangshou to Bejing and Chang’an. The grand canal served as East Asia’s principal mean of internal trade. When it

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    Prophet Muhammad gave birth to Islam‚ a religion that expanded quickly into Christian territories; the Silk Road connected the eastern markets to western consumers‚ and unwittingly created a corridor for diseases. The first four Crusades (1095 - 1254 CE)‚ while seeming to be religious wars‚ were also very much political battles fought for secular reasons like political alliances‚ trade routes‚ and control of land. The conflict began when a tribe of Muslim Turks moved down from Turkestan‚ into Persia

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    600-1450 C.E. 27. Where and when did the Kush and Axum civilizations develop‚ and what were their major industries for trade? The Kush and Axum civilizations developed to the south of Egypt in the upper reaches of the Nile river. Kush developed at about the same time as ancient Egypt‚ and at one point around 750 B.C.E. actually conquered it. Less than a hundred years later‚ however‚ Kush retreated southward back to its capital at Meroe‚ where it became the center of ironworks and trade. After the

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    these new routes had brought more vulnerability and easier distribution of deadly diseases that no one has ever been exposed to before. As mentioned in the course book article Thucydides‚ The Plague (430 BCE)‚ there was a sudden outbreak of diseases had that came from Afro-Eurasia and that many of these communities had sadly been not immune (26). This was due to the Virgin soil epidemics in which no one beforehand had previous exposure to especially in Rome and China. Along the many trade routes‚ the

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    trade route was that Islam was introduced and Buddhism was founded and spread along the route. As for cultural continuities‚ the caste system during this time period‚ and the use of the language Sanskrit remained the same during this era. One change along the Indian Ocean trade route was that there was the introduction of Islam in Southeast Asia‚ the Swahili city states‚ and of course‚ India. Islam had come to India through the establishment of trade cities by Arab merchants on the route. After

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    used bronze and iron for things like swords‚ and shields. These two powerful empires share another thing in common‚ roads and trades routes. Some of these trade routes were by sea‚ the Mediterranean and Black Seas were a huge part of Roman trading. The most useful trade route during this time was the Silk Road. Various items were traded on the Silk Road such as silk‚ weapons‚ tea‚ wine‚ horses‚ jewelry‚ and other valuables. Architecture‚ the use of bronze and iron‚ and their many

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    The Great Wall Of China What is the Great Wall of China? The Great Wall of China is a wall that fortifies China. The Great Wall of China is made out of wood‚ parts of earth‚ brick‚ stone and other materials. Different parts of the wall were being built as early as the 7th century. These walls later joined together and made bigger and a stronger wall. There is a famous part of the wall which was built by Qin Shihuang who was the first Emperor of china‚ which was built between 220–206. A small portion

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    Lecture 4 Sep.20/12 Silk road: -modern term‚ that refers to interlinking trade routes * Interlinked east‚ south‚ western Asia‚ Mediterranean‚ and European world‚ as well as some parts of Africa * Historians believed that silk road helped the development of Chinese‚ Indians‚ Persians empires * Just as silk was being traded‚ so were ideas * Goods trade included: tech‚ religion‚ ideas‚ deisise * Silk road 6‚500 km long * Not to mention many

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