involved. The Roads came around at about 200 B.C.E‚ and persisted for another 1‚700 years. Luxury goods‚ religions‚ diseases‚ food‚ and ideas have emerged within that time. The Silk Road and its trade remain constant even though its patterns of interaction have been altered through the plague and Islam‚ Christianity‚ and Buddhism. Over time‚ the Silk Roads’ routes spread all throughout Eurasia. Empires that were large and wealthy often traded goods‚ for this was very good for their economy. Unmistakably
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flourished over the next few centuries until it became outdated and fell to trade by sea. Stretching from China to parts of Western Europe‚ it was the most important trade route of its time. The economic system‚ goods traded‚ technology‚ religions prominent‚ and people in power varied over time. However the importance of silk along with other spices‚ the spread of ideas as well as disease‚ and the continuous diffusion of culture remained the same. Many subtle transformations and changes occurred during
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PERIOD 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies‚ c. 600 BCE to c. 600 CE The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions I. Codifications and further developments of existing religious traditions provided a bond among the people and an ethical code to live by. A. The association of monotheism with Judaism was further developed with the codification of the Hebrew Scriptures‚ which also reflected the influence of Mesopotamian cultural and legal traditions
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Over time‚ a culture’s art will change or improve in some way. Some characteristics may remain the same while other characteristics change drastically. Art in the Archaic era and the Classical era had no emotion and unrealistic features‚ but the Classical era brought a sense of anatomy and movement to its art. In the Archaic era and Classical era‚ emotion was not present in art. Characters had plain expressions on their faces; their eyes told nothing‚ regardless of what they were doing. The
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I. History Review through 600 CE A. Nomads: Follow the Food 1. Satisfy basic needs: shelter and food a. No cities‚ didn’t know how to farm 2. Foraging societies (hunter-gatherer clans): hunt and gather b. Small group of people traveled from point to point based on the climate availability of plants and animals in an area c. Limitations: i. Capacity of their surroundings ii. Inability to store food long-term
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Changes and Continuities in the Roman Empire Between 100 CE and 600 CE Between the years 100 CE and 600 CE the Romans were experiencing plenty of changes within the empire. They experienced the overall collapse of their empire‚ and Christianity gained a foothold in their culture. In addition to these changes however‚ the empire experienced many continuities of Roman traditions thanks to the Byzantine Empire that came after its decline. The most substantial change that the empire underwent in the
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Change-Over-Time Essay These are some general issues with the essays: 1. Choice of region for the topic made it difficult to provide strong historical evidence. Certain regions provided more opportunity for discussion than others. 2. Placed emphasis of essay on the wrong theme (i.e. wrote more about the social aspects when your topic was political). 3. Discussed evidence out of chronological order. It is much easier to trace cause and effect and continuity and change patterns
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James Jones September 17‚ 2011 Block 3 Networks of Communication and Exchange (Chapter 7) 300 BCE-600 BCE I. The Silk Road A. Origins and Operations -The Chinese General Zhang Jian is credited as “originator of overland trade with the western lands.” He made 18 expeditions across deserts to west; he first went to Fergana river-valley. Helped to introduce new plants trees to China through the trade. - Long-distance trade was made important by China’s demand for western products. Nomadic
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Before 600 CE China changes from Warring States to an empire during the period of Qin and Han dynasty in efforts to unifying and consolidating China. There were similarities in their bureaucracy in the means of enforcing authority and have contributed in innovations on technology‚ but there were differences in political philosophy. Primarily‚ the Chinese states emerge 2200 BCE‚ under the Xia‚ Shang‚ and Zhou Dynasties‚ but fell into the age of warring states. Its unification had vanished and there
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During the post-classical era‚ East Asian trade experienced many changes through their innovations and means of trade-both maritime and overland. However‚ the spread of religion through these trade routes remained constant. One innovation that changeed East Asian trade was the introduction of the grand canal by the Sui dynasty. It was a system of artificial waterways that went from Hangshou to Bejing and Chang’an. The grand canal served as East Asia’s principal mean of internal trade. When it
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