multiple perspectives. History Overview The earliest contact between China and the Middle East could be dated to 139 BC‚ Chinese astronomical knowledge‚ techniques of printing and paper money were brought to Persia and Near East through the ancient Silk Road‚ also Persian and Arabian medicine‚ alchemy‚ pharmacology‚ geometry and mathematics were also transmitted to China. After Mongol conquered both countries in the thirteen century‚ these contact increased. In the twentieth century‚ the relationship
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There is not a significant date that marks the beginning of the modern world. However there are several reasons why this takes place around the 1500’s‚ more specifically 1453. There are 8 reasons why the modern world begins in the 1500’s; urbanization‚ global trade‚ age of exploration‚ spread of knowledge/inventions‚ end of crusades‚ rise of monarch/pope‚ end of black death in Southern Europe‚ and‚ boundaries/Geography/religions. Of this listing there are three salient reasons in particular listed
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One Road” strategy is a network of infrastructure and trade‚ and it includes the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and Silk Road Economic Belt. 21st Century Maritime Silk Road is an initiative from China to increase collaboration and investment between the countries on the Silk Road. The Silk Road connects Asia with Europe‚ India and parts of Africa. The Maritime Silk Road together with the Silk Road Economic Belt forms the “One Belt‚ One Road” strategy. The “One Belt‚ One Road” initiative is basically
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Buddhism and Christianity include their spread over trade routes‚ their appeal to the lower class‚ they were born from another religion‚ and they were spread by missionaries. Differences between the rise and spread of Buddhism and Christianity include their overcoming of violent persecution‚ and Christianity becoming a power structure. Similarities between the rise and spread of Buddhism and Christianity include their spread over trade routes‚ their appeal to the lower class‚ they were born from another
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shifting ruling families. The main thing that China traded was silk‚ a soft slippery fabric that was made with threads “silkworms” spun. “The Silk Road”‚ named so because of the silk‚ was a path through China and into the rest of Asia. It was around 4‚000 miles long and cut through Persia and Mesopotamia. The Road was made up of many routes all used by merchants. Silk was the main export‚ but imports such as grapes and walnuts. The Silk Road was fraught with peril. It stretched across the Taklan Maklan
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spread rapidly in different and similar ways. Both monastic religions appealed to minorities by giving them salvation or nirvana which was one of the major reasons for their popularity. Trade routes and merchants were also another great factor in the spreading of Christianity and Buddhism‚ such as the well-known Silk Road. Buddhism spread from India through South East Asia and China while Christianity spread through the Mediterranean and South West Asia. As Buddhism spread throughout all of India and
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300 BCE-600 BCE I. The Silk Road A. Origins and Operations -The Chinese General Zhang Jian is credited as “originator of overland trade with the western lands.” He made 18 expeditions across deserts to west; he first went to Fergana river-valley. Helped to introduce new plants trees to China through the trade. - Long-distance trade was made important by China’s demand for western products. Nomadic steppe people didn’t trade very much but controlled areas of the Silk Road and sold pack animal’s
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diplomat Zhang Qian into Central Asia. Chinese products‚ particularly silk‚ were being transported and traded along an overland route. The trade of horses for Chinese merchandise further established the trading route. Ultimately‚ the trails followed by the caravan and cavalcade traffic became known as the Silk Road. Trade along the Silk Road brought China in contact with other civilizations. The Silk Road became a network of trade routes between Asia and Europe for economic‚ cultural and religious exchanges
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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 because the Mongols wiped them out so bad. Though it was hurt badly‚ Russia’s trade routes helped them recover their economy over time. Also
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brought the Silk Road into being were Chinese eagerness for western products‚ especially horses and on the western end‚ the organized Parthian state‚ which had capture the flourishing markets of Mesopotamia from the Seleucids. -Sasanid Empire‚ 224-600 • Rise of the empire brought up the rivalry between Rome and the Parthians along the Euphrates and intensified trade along the Silk Road. • Came from the southwest‚ the same region that earlier gave rise to the Achaemenids • The Silk Road now brought
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