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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Comparing 600-1450 & 1450-1750 Periods of time have always been changing and evolving. The 600 to 1450 era had some similarities to the following era‚ the 1450 to the 1750; though as said before‚ there were the changes also. Many continuities and breaks occurred between both periods. There were the changes in their trading systems‚ the technology‚ their global interactions‚ urbanization‚ social systems‚ and their political government development. These events led to various inventions and some
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STRATEGY AUDIT 1) Business Context Analysis Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway‚ SILK‚ also known as Kajang SILK Highway is an expressway built to disperse and regulate the traffic flow in Kajang‚ Selangor‚ Malaysia. The 37 km (23 mi) expressway is to allow motorists to bypass the town center of Kajang. It is also useful as the main ring road of Kajang. SILK is given the errands for 33 years from 1996 to 2029 to manage before taken back by the government. i) Vision statement SILK’s vision statements
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Change Analysis Chart Foundations (8‚000 BCE. - 600 BCE) Basic Features at Beginning of period Score / 20 Name ______________________________ Hour ____ January 12‚ 2010 Basic Features at End of period Reasons for Change or Continuities Theme 1. HumanEnviron Interaction (Demography‚ disease‚ migration technology) Key Continuities Key Changes 2. Culture (Religions‚ philosophies‚ Science‚ technology‚ art‚ architecture) 3. Politics (Statebuilding‚ conflict‚ Political structures
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Silk Silk is a fabric that is used throughout the entire the world. It is a very elegant fabric that many people prize to have. The silk fabric can trace its origins back 4000 years in China. It has a very interesting myth related to it but for all that can be said it may also be the truth. Silk is farmed and manufactured in a method known as sericulture and it is an extensive process but it is almost the same wherever silk is farmed. There are two major types of silk which are pure silk and wild
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series of roads could carry someone’s ideas and culture across thousands of miles? The Silk Road encouraged the trade of goods‚ ideas‚ and culture across eastern and western civilization. The Silk Road allowed goods to be easily exchanged across the Han‚ Kushan‚ Parthian‚ and Roman empires. An example of this is the trade of silk for horses between the Han empire and Ferghana. The Han were eager to trade for Ferghana’s horses‚ and the Silk Road allowed that. And‚ as the name implies‚ the Silk Road made
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Christina Mendoza World Civilization April 11‚ 2015 Life Along the Silk Road Analysis Susan Whitfield’s Life along the Silk Road‚ gives an incredible story of the varied history of the Silk Road and contributes to great events throughout world history. The book recounts the stories and the lives of ten individuals who lived along the Silk Road in different eras and movements. The tale of ten different individuals: a merchant‚ a soldier‚ a horseman‚ a monk‚ a nun‚ a princess‚ an artist
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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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600-1450 C.E. 27. Where and when did the Kush and Axum civilizations develop‚ and what were their major industries for trade? The Kush and Axum civilizations developed to the south of Egypt in the upper reaches of the Nile river. Kush developed at about the same time as ancient Egypt‚ and at one point around 750 B.C.E. actually conquered it. Less than a hundred years later‚ however‚ Kush retreated southward back to its capital at Meroe‚ where it became the center of ironworks and trade. After the
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started importing bullion‚ their navigation has increased to not only look for gold but to also continue importing that item. Also‚ the dependence of military power is vital because many countries will not to steal valuable items such as gold. Prior to 1450 there were fledgling monarchies and Europe was just transforming to statehood‚ but with the influx of bullion it caused their military‚ economy and navigation thrived. Technological developments fueled the passion for the exploration of the new world
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