are multiple arguments that can be taken on to explain the differences in diffusion during this time period. Politically‚ Christianity posed a greater threat to the Jews than the Buddhists to the Hindus. Economics also played a role; Buddhism had the silk roads to travel and spread through. Religiously‚ Christianity and Buddhism were able to eventually appeal to multiple classes. It is observed that while both began ascetically‚ they evolved to fit the religious needs of different social classes and
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Early Modern Europe. During the Middle Ages exploration had been overland and eastward‚ mostly dominated by tales of the Italian Marco Polo and his establishment of embassies with trading posts such as Constantinople and Samarkand along the illustrious Silk Road‚ which stretched all the way from Venice to China via Asia Minor‚ Persia and India. Come the turn of the fifteenth century‚ due to the advent of new navigational science replacing the dated classical geography of Ptolemy‚ discovery turned westward
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and Eurasia through Silk Road revitalization and the items that were traded‚ while trade across the Mediterranean Sea remained constant. The revitalization of the Silk Road occurred due to political stability‚ while the trade items changed because people’s needs changed over time. Mediterranean Sea trade remained constant because the trading cities had stable economies as well as complex societies. One change in the trade networks between Africa and Eurasia was that The Silk Road was revitalized
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population. It has about 367 million followers and is7% of the worlds population(cia.gov). Buddhism spread along land routes of the Silk Road‚ it underwent profound change. There were great overland trade routes in those days and in later centuries too‚ that joined China even to the Mediterranean. Along these routes Buddhism spread to northwest India and beyond‚ along the east-west Silk Route. Hinnduisms origin is much more shrouded though‚ in terms of its religious development there are now two basic theories
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Silk Road trade: A preliminary study on why Sogdian merchants dominate Chinese merchants in Tang Dynasty Tang Dynasty was long regarded as the Golden age in the history of China. As the largest empire in the period‚ it enjoys a dominant role in many areas like military and economy. Despite the privilege‚ Tang merchants were not successful in the trading along silk road‚ which was dominated by the sogdian‚ a group of Iranian people living in the Central Asia. Sogdian occupied a key position along
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Were the Dark Ages really that dark? The 13th century is firmly in the category of centuries considered to be in the Dark Ages during the time period of 500-1500 AD. There are many events‚ discoveries and developments during this time period that would dispute the term “Dark Ages”. One of the most lasting documents that still impacts certain societies today was written in the year 1215. This document is known as the Magna Carta. The term Magna Carta is Latin for the “Great Charter”. Signed by King
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The Achievements of Early Muslim Empires The Islamic Golden Age brought to Islam many new ideas. The Abbasid Empire flourished with achievements like new economic practices‚ literature‚ and mathematics. The Abbasid Empire was a time of finding ways to make the Islam society better. The Islamic mathematical principles are derived from pieces of other culture mathematics like Greek and Hindu math. Geometry wasn’t as well-developed during that time but it was steadily developing. Since both crafts
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and dynasties established trade routes. This is the period where countries were made and countries were destroyed because of the importance of trade and the importance of building a fundamental‚ religious‚ and economical way of life. This paper will discuss the goals and functions of trades‚ and traders‚ and a historical analysis of world trade. paper will also get into world trade patterns‚ of The Americas‚ Sub-Saharan Africa‚ The Indian Ocean‚ The Silk routes‚ China and The South China Sea‚
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and give money to. The Yellow River civilization invented a highly popular‚ new material called silk. Silk was Exotic and expensive so it was good for trading with the rest of the word. “By 2000 BC‚ bronze working‚ silk weaving‚ wheel-based pottery‚ and paper-based writing were in use. Seasonal floods enriched the soil‚ which helped the development of farming‚ and the river itself provided a trade route.” Aside from trade and agriculture‚ social structure also revolved around both the Nile and Yellow
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The world experienced many changes through the years of 300 to 1500 C.E. The first empires rose‚ and when they fell new ones were ready to take their place. These empires became even more connected through trade routes. With trade came the spread of religion‚ culture‚ and ideas. The spread of religion also lead to today’s widespread world religions. Trade was not always a good thing‚ though‚ it also spread deadly diseases that reduced populations and caused the fall of empires. The three classical
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