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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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 leaders of Persia built highways that connected India all the way to Asia. These areas were hard to travel before this time. The roads contained rest areas as well as guard stations to protect travelers. This open the doors for trade over long distances. They also built canals that connect the Red Sea to the Nile River. The Persians thought they were invincible and keep trying to expand their territories. The Persians lost several battles to Greek forces which stopped their expansion. After
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CCOT Essay From 200 B.C.E. and 1450 C.E.‚ the Silk Road changed‚ while at the same time holding on to its original purpose. The trade of spices and goods‚ to and from‚ Asia and Europe remained constant‚ while the materials being traded slowly changed. The political boundaries as well as the national identities of the countries in the Silk Road also were altered. While the basic purpose of the Silk Road remained mostly unchanged‚ the goods traded on it‚ and the areas it went through‚ did. While
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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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Ross Ulbricht was arrested for creating the drug market “Silk Road”. Eric Marques was arrested for distributing child pornography on the Dark Net. Both of these men learned that the Dark Net is not anonymous. Ross Ulbricht and Eric Marques learned that the FBI has the power to do almost anything and if they want to find a suspect they will. The Dark Net has become more dangerous as the years go on. The Dark Net is used for a variety of illegal activities‚ including: hiring hitmen‚ purchasing and
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Throughout history‚ the Mediterranean has offered a vast amount of political transformations leading to both cultural continuities and variances. One of the main political changes that occurred in this area was the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Byzantine Empire‚ which took place from around 200 C.E to 1000 C.E. While these empires consisted of roughly the same culture‚ they had different political structures which led to some differences. Other alterations that came up were the rise
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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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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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December 4‚ 2014 CCOT: The Silk Road The Silk Road was established during the 2nd century BCE‚ while not the first network of trade routes‚ it was one of the most impactful‚ carrying goods‚ ideas‚ disease and conflict throughout Africa and Eurasia. The impact of the interactions impacted millions notably spreading both Buddhism and the Black Death. The Silk Road was marked by the continued spread of ideas and goods. Throughout the lifespan of the Silk Road‚ changes were seen as control over the
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