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 - the queen of all fabrics is historically one of India’s most important industries. India produces a variety of silks called Mulberry‚ Tasar‚ Muga and Eri‚ based on the feeding habit of the cocoons. The sericulture industry today employs over 700‚000 farm families and is mostly concentrated in Karnataka‚ Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh and to some extent Assam and West Bengal. Karnataka accounts for more than 70 percent of the country’s total silk production. Sericulture is one industry which
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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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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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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 benefits for China as silk was one of the main products that was traded over the road hence the name of the trade route. Although silk was a major trade‚ the Silk Road also filtered
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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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Paragraph 3: 5/5 What are some possible human uses for spider silk? 5/5 How are humans influenced by spider silk when developing products or new inventions? 5/5 Are there other organisms that produce silk besides spiders? If so‚ describe the organisms. A spider’s silk is made up of a chain of amino acids. This means that it is a protein. There are two primary amino acids called glycine and alanine. Spider silk is very strong and is about five times strong than steel and twice as strong as
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From 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E.‚ there were many continuities and changes in patterns of interactions along the Silk Roads. A change that occurred was that the people adapted to overseas trade. This was due to the innovations of boats over time. Another change was the goods that were trade. This was due to the demand on materials in areas that they aren’t found. A continuity was that the Silk Road remained as an important trade route. One change that occurred was that the people adapted to overseas
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Berger Silk Q24 Click to write the question text I would not care at all as to which one I buy (1) Very Unimportant (2) Somewhat Unimportant (5) Neither Important nor Unimportant (6) Somewhat Important (7) Very Important (8) Extremely Important (9) Q23 Do you think that the various types and brands of this product available in the market are all vary alike or are all very different? They are all alike (1) moderately alike (2) mildly alike (3) neutral (4) not very alike (5) not alike (6)
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