and just looking at the land‚ stars‚ wind patterns‚ and color of the water. Their ships were square built and mounted so they could track against the wind. Malay sailors‚ and Indian traders were the reason for opening up sea routes to china‚ they had a desire for obtaining silk. During this period of time Indians discovered how to crystalize sugar. There was a
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Ocean trade led to an increase in sea trade. “Unlike the Atlantic‚ the Indian Ocean had long served to connect rather than divide‚ facilitating trade among East Africa‚ the Persian Gulf‚ Indian‚ Southeast Asia‚ and China along maritime routes complementing the Silk Road that had long bridged eastern and western Eurasia by land” (Hansen and Curtis 471). The Dutch and the Portuguese stepped in‚ and intruded on the Indian Ocean. The goal of the Portuguese was to build new networks of trade and create
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the presence of their husbands. The two civilizations were not only similar but also very different from one another. The first way in which the two civilizations differed was in their economy. They both had trade routes but the routes were very different. In China there was the Silk Road which spread across many different countries and was considered a trading empire. In Greece‚ due to the rough landscape‚ a trading empire was never created even though there was still a trade system throughout
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the Great is ranked among the most influential people in history. He had an extreme impact on western and eastern civilization. The trade areas through Tibet and Afghanistan led to the expansion of trade routes between Europe and Asia also known today as the “Silk Routes”. The start of the routes did increase trade but it also allowed cultural and religious exchanges between the east and the west. Furthermore‚ Alexander laid the foundation in creating new political
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and 600 CE‚ and the laws of Rome with it‚ government and religion in 600 CE would not be recognizable to leaders and civilians from 100 CE. In 100 CE‚ the Roman economy was booming. The Roman Roads were used for trade within the empire‚ and the Silk Roads and Indian Ocean were traveled for imported goods. The government was as it had always been: one emperor‚ backed up by the Senate. The government’s gods were still being worshipped and Christians were persecuted for their religion. Around
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expansion were; a search for new trade routes‚ religion‚ new technology‚ the desire for new products and gold. Europe wanted to find a new trade route to Asia because they wanted the silk‚ spices‚ jewels‚ and riches from China and India that were very valuable. One of the problems that were faced was that when they arrived in Western Europe‚ the products had been taxed so many times along the way that they were extremely expensive. They wanted to find a route around so that they could get the goods
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3. Zhuangzi (compendium of Daoist philosophy) 4. The Dao--the way of nature‚ the way of the cosmos a. Elusive concept: an eternal principle governing all the workings of the world b. Dao is passive and yielding‚ does nothing The Silk Road Silk Road - First came into use around 100 B.C.E. Origins • In 128 B.C.E.‚ Chinese general Zhang Jian crossed the western China area under the expeditionbehalf of Emperor Wu of Han. He eventually went on 18 expeditions. • He brought
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the Old and New World. Prior to the encounter with the Americas‚ the economic power of Europe was Italy‚ since it was the center of the Mediterranean Sea. In Italy‚ there were powerful banking families with an abundance of foreign trade. The trade routes of Italy linked them to the other countries’ ports that had access to the Mediterranean.
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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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WHAP 95 Theses 2012 Period 1: to 600 B.C.E. Technological and Environmental Transformations; Ancient Civilizations 1.1 Big Geography and Peopling the Earth 1. Describe and evaluate Paleolithic human society; demography‚ migrations‚ social gender structures and impact on environment. 1.2 The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies 10‚000 years ago the Neolithic Revolution led to the development of more complex economic and social systems
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