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    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 and

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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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    [pic]Silk Road From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Silk Route) Jump to: navigation‚ search |[pic] |Please help improve this article by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page. (October 2008) | For other uses‚ see Silk Road (disambiguation). [pic] [pic] The Silk Road extending from Southern Europe through Arabia‚ Somalia‚ Egypt‚ Persia‚ Pakistan‚ India‚ Bangladesh‚ Java‚ and Vietnam until it reaches China. Land routes are red

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    with this description of the Silk Road (Internet of Antiquity) and his (Yo-Yo Ma) comparison of it to the Internet of our world today? A comparison of the Silk Road and the Modern Internet surprisingly reveals that these two systems share their own similarities and differences. From analyzing both systems‚ it came up that the modern internet could be a repeat of what happened in the Silk Road‚ although in a more advances and modernized way! Now‚ although these two systems share many similarities‚

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    For centuries the Silk Road has served as a connector between empires‚ countries‚ and cities all over the world. The outposts and cities along the Silk Road became the melting pot of race‚ culture‚ and religion. Transculturations between countries were becoming more frequent throughout the world‚ while Normal citizens‚ travelers‚ explorers‚ and scholars of the Silk Road experienced it first hand. Scholars such as Pratt and Clifford theorized transculturation through documents of modern European

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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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    C.E. the Silk Road’s interaction patterns changed with the Black Plague and the religious exchange between China and the West. However‚ the continuity was maintained with its main purpose of trading goods passed along its routes. Flea bites from rats would infect the Black Plague along merchants and consumers throughout Eurasia which caused a decline in the economy. During the Middle Ages ships would stop at various points such as Turkey‚ Lebanon‚ and Iraq that are along the Silk Road. People infected

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    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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    Benjamin Liang January 3‚ 2015 AP World History-P.2 CCOT During the post-classical era the Silk Road was active and very important. In Euriasia from 500-1500‚ the most dramatic changes due to expanding trade is the improvement of women status due to the spread of Islam and the further diffusion of technologies and ideas from there nodal points. However‚ China has always been the main producer of silk in Eurasia from 500-1500. Due to the spread of Islam through expanding trade networks from 500-1500

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    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 had it’s positive as well as negative characteristics. The Silk Road Trade was a long network of interlinking trade routes that traveled from China to Western countries specifically European nations. This trading route provided tremendous economic

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