quite advanced‚ flourishing continent by themselves. They had their own trade routes and systems‚ enormous wealth‚ as well as a great lack of corruption alongside an abundance of generosity‚ and were also advanced in the way of knowledge‚ even valuing it above other resources. Africa had quite advanced trade routes and systems‚ especially present in the kingdom of Ghana. Ghana became the trade center for trans-saharan trade. (Doc 2) In document two‚ an Arab Scholar‚ Ali-Bakri describes the lavishly
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SNAPSHOTS: TEACHING COMPARE AND CONTRAST UNITS Snapshots are all taken directly from the Advanced Placement Course Description for world history. In general they approximate most nearly the “Compare and Contrast” essay. They can be converted to “Change and Continuity over Time” essays I. THE ANCIENT AND CLASSICAL WORLDS: TO 600 C.E. A. Compare and contrast Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures. B. Compare and contrast any two of these cultures: 1. The Neolithic
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with developing the trans-Saharan trade route. Because these developments were so successful‚ Africa and the Middle East’s economy prospered and affected trade in all of Afro-Eurasia. When trade caused a boom in Europe at the time‚ it resulted in the very first developments of maritime trade. Boat development caused both trade and exploration‚ the invention of boats like the Tressure Fleet Boats in China called Dhows helped catalyze the creation of the Indian Ocean trade route. People like Marco Polo
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ross Cultural Exchanges and the Silk Road Edit 0 0 130… Cross Cultural Exchanges and the Silk Road Notes (pg. 287-310) In the year 139 B.C.E.‚ the Chinese emperor Han Wudi sent an envoy named Zhang Qian on a mission to lands west of china. The emperor’s purpose was to find allies who could help combat the nomadic Xiongnu‚ who menaced the northern and western borders of the Han empire. From captives he had learned that other nomadic peoples in far wester lands bore grudges against the Xiongnu
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such a taste for expensive‚ imported Chinese pottery that they began to imitate it in great quantity for sale to people who could not afford the real thing. And in northern China there was a vogue for beautiful pottery figurines of camels laden with caravan goods or ridden by obviously non-Chinese merchants‚ musicians‚ or entertainers. Non-Chinese camel figurines found in Mesopotamia carry loads that duplicate the distinctive appearance of the loads on the Chinese figurines. So it is clear that by the
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production of cloves‚ cinnamon‚ and cardamom‚ maintained the trading connections in South Asia because of the demand of those goods in various regions. It was the demand of certain‚ valuable goods that continued to appeal to the merchants of the trade routes in the Indian Ocean
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The world experienced many changes through the years of 300 to 1500 C.E. The first empires rose‚ and when they fell new ones were ready to take their place. These empires became even more connected through trade routes. With trade came the spread of religion‚ culture‚ and ideas. The spread of religion also lead to today’s widespread world religions. Trade was not always a good thing‚ though‚ it also spread deadly diseases that reduced populations and caused the fall of empires. The three classical
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greatly stimulated by the appearance of Islam. They were able to trade‚ not only across the Sahara‚ as they had in Europe and the Middle East. Prior to the influence of Islam‚ West Africa interacted through regional trade and with help from Tran Saharan route they were able to connect to North Africa. With the Muslims‚ the bringing of Islam enlarged the amount of concubines‚ sex slaves‚ in West Africa. Although concubines were not Muslim‚ because Muslims believed that they couldn’t enslave their
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Unit One 1. Consequences of the Neolithic Revolution didn’t include * End of hunting-gathering societies 2. Most scholars believe that‚ during the Paleolithic Age‚ social organization was characterized by * A rough social equality 3. The earliest metal worked systemically by humans are * Copper 4. The spread of the Bantu-speaking peoples over southern Africa can be best explained by their * Knowledge of agriculture 5. Characteristics of complex civilizations
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through 1900 CE. Be sure to address what global processes affected it throughout that time. • Trace and analyze the changes and continuities in the environments of two of the regions of the world from 8000 BCE to present. Europe Sub-Saharan Africa the Middle East East Asia SE Asia South Asia Latin America North America • Analyze the changes and continuities in China from the Zhou to the Song. Be sure to address political‚ social and economic factors
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