century‚ the Silk Road boosted the world’s economy‚ assisted the sharing of ideas and knowledge for a smarter and more connected world‚ but also ended up destroying lives through the spread of diseases‚ making it a very dynamic period (both time and place) in history. Not only did the Silk Road give the rich something to spend their money on other than temples‚ the Silk Road provided a source of income to many people in Africa and Eurasia such as silk weavers (who couldn’t afford to buy silk themselves
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Silk-road was at one time the top Cyber-black market in the game. An educated college graduate‚ Ross Ulbricht is accused of creating Silk Road. The website sold everything from illegal drugs‚ guns‚ porn‚ driver’s licenses and other illegal services. It was estimated that the website generated amounts of 1.2 million in sales. An FBI agent was quoted saying “ Silk Road was the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the internet today”. The website used an underground computer
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of the East‚ the West was determined to be a part of what would soon be a global trading market. With new goods being discovered in specific places‚ those who did not have those goods were ever more eager to obtain them‚ and the only way this could be done was through trading routes. Thus surfaced many trading routes that would facilitate the trading of goods all over the world. Two significant trading routes that united the world were the Silk Road and the Indian Ocean Trade Network where each route
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The Silk Road was a trade network the connected the East to the West on the Eurasian continent. This trade included both overland and maritime routes. The central Asian kingdoms and peoples became the nexus point for much of this trade which lasted from the 3rd century B.C.E. to the 15th century C.E. Many products and other cultural expressions moved along the Silk Road and diffused among various kingdoms along it. In breaking down and separating the patterns of interaction that occurred along the
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from the trade industry. They used this to their advantage and guarded the roadways to insure the trade industry was fruitful. They were large promoters of the Silk Roads because they would collect taxes from travelers. They eventually took control of the entire Silk Roads. During their control of the Silk Roads they opened it to all. The silk roads were free to travel and were now safer than ever before. This enabled the average person the ability to explore and become entrepreneur. They gained power
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The Silk Route is a convenient name for the Trans Asia trade routes. At one point it was viewed as a road along which silk from China was brought to Turkey and sold to Europeans. That is an overly simplistic and not terribly realistic view. It was not a single road but a number of interconnecting Caravan Routes over which trade was conducted. Additionally Sericulture only dates back a few thousand years the Silk Route is much older. The Silk Road: Linking Europe and Asia Through Trade The Silk
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Continuities and Change over Time in the Silk Road The Silk Route is a convenient name for the Trans Asia trade routes. At one point it was viewed as a road along which silk from China was brought to Turkey and sold to Europeans. That is an overly simplistic and not terribly realistic view. It was not a single road but a number of interconnecting Caravan Routes over which trade was conducted. The Silk route dates back at least 5500 years where as silk only dates back about three thousand years
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(1)What is marketing? According to Philip Kotler‚ “Marketing is human activity directed at satisfying needs and wants through exchange process”. There are many definitions of marketing but one of the simplest explanations is that: “Marketing is getting the right product or service in the right quantity‚ to the right place‚ at the right time and making profit in the process”. Marketing deals with identifying and understanding your customer and giving them what they want. It’s not just about advertising
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Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey was a dancer‚ choreographer‚ and teacher whose vision and leadership lead him to create one of the major art institutes of our time. The famous Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. A choreographer is a person who creates dance compositions and plans and arranges dance movements and patterns for dances. Movement is a language as rich and expressive as written or spoken language. We understand and use movement language so naturally‚ we are often unaware of the many ways we use it
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What is marketing? The inappropriate presumption about marketing is that it consists of advertising or selling only (Pride‚ Ferrell‚ Lukas‚ Schembri‚ & Niininen‚ 2012). This can be traced back to the fact that‚ publicity and “PR” are the most publicized facets of marketing (Belch & Belch‚ 2012). Marketing can be better understood as the communication channel linking a product or service to the targeted customers. The prime objective of marketing is to identify the customer’s needs‚ and how the product
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