about for the purpose of finding or discovering new spices‚ that was not the only reason. The Europeans also set out to find new trade routes that went around the Ottoman’s territory and this exploration lead to the European Golden Age because it brought Europe out of the “Dark Ages.” Europe was facing what was known as the “Dark Ages‚” they were cut off from the Silk Roads which meant that they were “without access to the wealth‚ trade goods‚ technologies‚ and ideas that traveled from China‚ India
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International connection is one backbone to maintain the bloom economic growth. To ribbon the road‚ rail and energy resources to increase the traceability between China and countries along with the sea-based routes‚ the Chinese President Xi Jinping introduced a “One Belt‚ One Road” Initiative in October 2013. In the 2016 Policy Address‚ our Chief Executive Leung Chun Ying mentioned what role Hong Kong should play in the project. He stated that “by leveraging the combined advantages of “one country”
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Mediterranean. Central Asia provided “The Silk Road” to bring together the eastern and western parts of Afro-Eurasia. China took advantage of The Silk Road and expanded it. This enabled China to be more open to the populations and cultures of its far western regions. Also‚ The Silk Road allowed the spread of Buddhism from India into central Asia and China. Buddhism completely transformed the Chinese Empire and Buddhist cave monasteries formed along the route into China. The Vedic religion known as
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Foundations 14% of the AP Exam Climate Climate has been a major factor in determining where people settled. Peopled settled in areas that has climates that would accommodate agriculture and livestock. Time Periods • The Paleolithic Age refers to about 12‚000 BC. During this time people were nomadic. • The Neolithic Age refers to the age from about 12‚000 BC to about 8000 BC. It is during this time that people settled in communities and civilization began to emerge. • River Valley Civilizations
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these areas using different trade routes. As these areas traded more than just goods were spread. Ideas‚ religion‚ and technology were spread along the trade routes. These cultural aspects were combined with traditional cultures to create new syncretic societies. These trade patterns led to cultural consequences amongst all people involved in the trade. Trade patterns‚ after developing over time‚ connect areas to enhance communication and trade. Trade routes develop based off geography and the
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led by the Kon family and only them. Ganghis Kon was the first leader and the one that brought all of the clans together and concerned most of china. Kublai Khan Becomes Emperor. With the mongols in power trade flourished and it was called the silk road. The end of Yuan Dynasty was a dramatic turn of events. One of the most amazing thing that Kublai Khan did was unite the inter nachon of china for more than 300 years. This allowed people to be free and do what they wanted to do this is the
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all wanted to find the Northwest Passage‚ which they believed was a direct and efficient route to the Orient - home of spices‚ silks and wealth. They also wanted to lay claim to new land to expand their empires. The Spanish explorers were in search of mineral wealth‚ looking for El Dorado (the City of Gold) and they aspired to spread Christianity. France also wanted to spread Christianity and find a new route by water to the East through North America. The English were motivated by a desire to colonize
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The first empire‚ the Mogul Empire‚ was developed in the 1100s. Culturally‚ this empire became most famous because of its immaculate trade and flourishing classical arts. The main amount of trading for the Moguls was done with the Chinese‚ who traded silk and porcelain for gunpowder and paper. Secondly was the Ottoman Empire‚ which originated in Asia Minor in the late 1200s. The Ottomans controlled most of the Mediterranean Sea and shared diverse trading relationships with other nations and cultures
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geographical differences added obstacles. For example the narrow bottleneck of Panama covered with dense rain forest that made almost impossible the connection between North and South America. In the Eastern Hemisphere had similar environments in all the routes which made the development more rapidly. Also the help of animals to carry some goods helped the spread in trade more efficient in Eastern Hemisphere societies. Domestic animals like horses‚ donkeys‚ and camels‚ or wheel vehicles and large oceangoing
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AP World History-Theme Analysis Chart Theme 1: Interaction between humans and the environment. | * Like religious faiths‚ infections and contagious diseases also spread along the trade routes of the classical world. * The most disruptive of these diseases were probably smallpox and measles‚ and epidemics of bubonic plague may also have erupted. * During the second century C.E. epidemics reduced roman population by about one-quarter‚ to forty-five million. | Theme 2: Development and
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