civilizations to grow economically. Between 1000 and 1500 in many continents around the globe‚ trade has influenced the development of a stable civilization. Although the many civilizations were not interconnected‚ by trading with neighboring civilizations they all contributed to each others individual growth. Contact with outside societies introduced a need for further development of technology. Trade presented opportunities for civilizations to grow innovatively. Examples of these intertwined societies
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time of 650 C.E. to 1750 C.E. the commerce in the Indian Ocean had many changes and continuities. During the great trading routes long lifetime‚ it had powerful effects on the religion‚ people‚ and most importantly‚ the goods; these included spices‚ silks‚ perfumes‚ oils‚ and textiles. Many different peoples including the Indians‚ Arabs‚ and Chinese dominated the vast trade route‚ between East Africa and China. While the greatest continuity‚ throughout this period‚ were the goods traded‚ the greatest
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A deep-sea salvage company claims to have discovered the deepest ancient shipwreck ever found- a 2‚300-year-old Greek trading vessel found nearly two miles under the surface of the Mediterranean. The discovery of the shipwreck between the classical trading centers of Rhodes and Alexandria adds to the collection of evidence that is challenging the long-held theory that ancient sailors lacked the navigational knowledge and skill to sail large distances across open water. It is believed that they were
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Vikings Typically‚ the image of a Viking is a barbaric‚ bearded man plundering and destroying a neighboring village. This is actually the stereotypical viewpoint. In actuality‚ Vikings‚ have a very different image. For example‚ Vikings did not wear furry boots or furry armor‚ they did not have horned helmets‚ they invaded Britain‚ and they also were the first to discover America! They were also experts in nautical technology‚ crafts‚ trading‚ warfare and many other skills (Jonsson 1). With all
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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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Uy Ngo 7th period 10/6/2012 SILK ROAD VS SAHARAN TRADE ROUTES The Silk Road and the Saharan Caravan trade routes had many differences and similarities in their development and the impact on the civilizations they made. They were comparable and diverse in many areas of society such as: the development of the empire and how it all began‚ architecture and writing that was developed‚ and the spread of religion throughout the region between 300 BCE – 600 CE. The Silk Road developed between 300 BCE
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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. This 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
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600 to 1400 C.E.‚ two essential trade routes of the Post-Classical world were the Silk Roads and that of the Indian Ocean Basin‚ which were both vast networks of many ancient routes linking various destinations within their intricate systems of trade and exchange. Each of these trade routes yielded extremely numerous effects and implications for the future that would affect life on earth for many years to come—and these effects are similar for the major trade routes of the Silk Roads and the Indian
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White 3rd Hour 11-23-14 Sugar Trade DBQ The rise of absolute monarchies in Western Europe during the 1400’s brought a new economic theory called mercantilism. In mercantilism countries desired a favorable balance of trade‚ in which raw materials were imported from their own colonies‚ manufactured‚ and then exported. After the discovery of the Americas‚ cane sugar was introduced to the West Indies and became a prominent plantation cash crop. From that time sugar trade remained part of the global economy
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Trade was and is a huge component in the development and advancement of civilizations. Trade advances societies through the spread knowledge and ideas‚ exchange of resources and the establishment of power. The type of ideas spread could include religion‚ culture‚ art‚ philosophy‚ technology and methods of government. Nations which lacked key food resources could sell precious goods like gold‚ textiles or silk. When different societies saw the wealth in these civilizations they were inclined to gain
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