(Madhya Pradesh) in the south. For a short period‚ the kingdom reached still farther east‚ to Pataliputra. The Kushana Kingdom was the crucible of trade among the Indian‚ Persian‚ Chinese‚ and Roman empires and controlled a critical part of the legendary Silk Road. Kanishka‚ who reigned for two decades starting around A.D. 78‚ was the most noteworthy Kushana ruler. He converted to Buddhism and convened a great Buddhist council in Kashmir. The Kushanas were patrons of Gandharan art‚ a synthesis
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mongols. Culturally‚ the 15th century was a period when huge areas of Asia and Europe were under one rule and finally‚ brought the Mongolian Peace. However‚ long distance travel for trade‚ hunger for expansion‚ the Silk Road was the major trade route‚ and the desire for exotic goods such as silk and spices remained the same over time. Also‚ trade was a big factor that led dynasties and different people to mix up‚ learn more about one and another’s religion‚ cultural‚ and languages‚ and trade also caused
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case‚ England traded and island named “Run” for land in the Americas because the island was full of nutmeg trees (Whipps 1). Another very expensive product called silk was exported from China on a route known as the Silk Road (Dowling 1). Silk was very sought-after for use in making women’s clothing (Dowling 1). Like spices‚ the supply of silk was not very high‚ therefore making it very expensive. Only the most wealthy could afford to wear it (Dowling 1). Given these points we can conclude that as trade
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the emperor was not the only one heading the military. Rome and Han China’s trading system was very similar. These two civilizations both traded on the silk road. The silk road was a group of trading routes that spread between Asian‚ European‚ and African civilizations. Many things would be traded on these systems including fabrics like silk‚ produce‚ and many more. Because Han China and Imperial rome both used this‚ there trading system became very alike. Because of the trade between many different
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A. Existing trade routes including the Silk Roads‚ the Mediterranean Sea‚ the transSaharan and the Indian Ocean basins flourished and promoted the growth of powerful new trading cities. (such as—to mention just a few— Novgorod‚ Timbuktu‚ the Swahili citystates‚ Hangzhou‚ Calicut‚ Baghdad‚ Melaka‚ Venice‚ and‚ in the Americas‚ Tenochtitlan or Cahokia) Hannah Shapiro and Eliza Antonowich Prior knowledge As new trade routes developed‚ major trading ports and cities were necessary to provide a
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His grandson‚ Mansa Musa‚ has intrigued people for hundreds of years. His adventures are legendary! Mansa Musa loved knowledge and poetry. Under the direction of Mansa Musa‚ a university was built at Timbuktu‚ a city on the Trans-Sahara Trade Route‚ in ancient Mali. This university became a famous center of learning. People came from all over to study there. The various kingdoms in West Africa made very good trading partners. They each had something the other wanted. The north had salt. The
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What is important from Unit 1? AR ----- (neolithia Rev) 10‚000—8‚000BCE Hunter-gather to settled community Small nomadic‚ gender equality ////domesticate plants animals‚ gender inequity‚ specialization (lead to
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Development of Society In the beginning of our course of study‚ around the Iron Age‚ agrarian village societies began to emerge throughout Europe. Although they left few examples of what they looked like‚ they did leave evidence that their culture valued war‚ and was strongly oriented toward horses. Centuries later‚ when Rome had already conquered most of Europe west of the Rhine‚ the Roman Empire absorbed the Iron Age agrarian village cultures and began introducing them to Roman influences: language
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Europe mainly because of trade over the Silk Road (a huge trade system between Asia and Europe that.) from previously afflicted countries in Asia. While the Silk Road’s imports and exports were mainly silks‚ spices‚ and cloths; merchants unintentionally transported a deadly plague as well. The rats and fleas that were on the ships and caravans carried the bubonic plague. This plague spread to humans from a bite from an infected flea. The Silk Road’s land routes only reached so far though‚ and its “roads”
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Islam’s Trade and business made them very well know. They had numerous trade routes branching out to the regions of Europe. Land routes by camel and sea routes by boats were used to get all the way to Spain then to The Silk Roads of China and India‚ stretching to East Africa then circling back to Islam. Islamic traders carried expensive spices‚ perfumes‚ metals‚ and cloth to the countries (Doc. A). While traveling on these routes through the many countries‚ traders made their name and customs known to
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