Assignment 1 - Profile of a Historic Figure The Han Dynasty which lasted roughly four centuries was considered to be the Golden Age in Chinese History. This was a period of technological and cultural advancements. The Han Dynasty is known for its very rich culture and strong concept on family; Intellect‚ Political disputes and Great Inventions. This essay will touch each aspect of the Han Dynasty proving why this was one of China’s most powerful dynasties and how Ban Zhao‚ a great female scholar
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barracks between ages 7 to 30 2. What is the economic system or trade system like? Qin Dynasty - building of roads and bridges‚ and the introduction of standard currency increased trading - high taxes Han Dynasty - used the silk road to trade - main item was silk Maurya Empire - agriculture was the main source of wealth - farmers used excessive irrigation systems Gupta Empire - traded mainly with salt and metals - relied on 1/4 of agriculture taxes Republic - large numbers of slave
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All three cultures had different items to trade. China traded salt‚ iron‚ fish‚ cattle‚ and silk. Nubia traded gold‚ ivory‚ ebony‚ ostrich feathers‚ and animals such as giraffes. The Olmec traded greenstone and marine shell. All three cultures did trade high value items although no items each culture traded are the same. China’s main export was silk and also had a well known trade route called The Silk
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Compare and contrast the Indian ocean (Swahili city-states)‚ trans-Saharan (Sudanic states)‚ and silk road trade routes. III. Kingdoms of the Grasslands A. Introduction 1. Three coasts – Atlantic‚ Indian‚ savanna on edge of Sahara 2. Edge of desert 1. Gold found 2. Camels improved trade a. Sahel – grassland belt – best place to live – centers of trade 3. African states emerge as trade intermediaries 4. Location makes them open to droughts and attack 5. 10th century
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color guard has to do the same thing‚ however‚ they have to catched and stay in the same spot. The other environmental factor that affects the color guard is rain. When it rains the silk on the flag gets very wet‚ which makes it sticky. With a routine that involves lots of tosses and striping the silk‚ have the silk wet makes everything a lot harder. The pole also gets wet and slippery which makes holding on to the pole much more difficult. Then if you combine to two‚ one with think disaster would
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9th Grade Global History Final Exam Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES Name: _________________________________________ Date: _________________________________ Part One: Multiple Choice 1. Which document is an example of a primary source? (1) a novel on the Age of Discovery (3) a diary of a Holocaust survivor (2) a textbook on Latin American history (4) an encyclopedia article on Songhai culture 2. Based on the information provided by this map‚ which statement about urban
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seasoning and perserving food‚ from distant mines in the Sahara in exchange for the gld of their region. Trade affected day to day life allowing peasants to give up there jobs for much better paying jobs that produced goods much more valuable on the Silk Road. Trade also shaped the structures of these societies. Traders often became a distinct social group‚ viewed by suspicion of others because of there impusle to accumalate wealth without actually producing anything themselves. In some societies such
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around 150 BC • Roman roads were quite elaborate in construction. (cobblestones) • And some of these roads are still in use. First Voyage Around the World The Silk Road – The fabled road where the east met the west. – Some sections were directions across trackless steppe or desert – A trade route where states along this route traded. – Silk was not the only thing traded there. The Classical World The Olympic Games – Started in 776 BC. – City states gathered together every 4 years for competition
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“intolerance”‚ religious tolerance has taken a giant leap and it is promoted on a day to day basis and is a strong feature of our legislation. A predominant similarity between South Africa and Mughal India is trade. Both fall on convenient trading routes and are places where sailors did (and still do) stop and ggggg. Both societies are rich in trading goods‚ however‚ South Africa does take the upper hand on this subject and produces a large majority of
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Pre-AP World History Chapter 3 Vocabulary 1. Yellow and Yangtze Rivers-contained many agricultural settlements‚ were river valleys 2.Gobi Desert-in northwest China‚ blocking off invaders from the north and northwest 3.Tibetan Plateau-north of the Himilayan Mountains‚ protected the west from invasion 4.Yangshao and Longshan cultures-identified as the painted and black pottery cultures 5.Xia Dynasty-started around 4000 years ago‚ leader Yu introduced irrigation and draining 6.Shang Dynasty-afterthe
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