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    final exam topic #4

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    Africa and Eurasia during the time frame of 300-1450 C.E. The trades of Mediterranean Sea‚ Trans-Saharan‚ Indian Ocean and Silk Road played a dominant role in trade networks. There were changes but also continuities The need for trade for the Trans-Saharan area began in 800 B.C.E. The importance of this trade were to trade items such as gold‚ slaves‚ ebony‚ coffee beans‚ iron‚ colored dye‚ leather‚ camels‚ wheat and barley. The developments they used and based on during this trade were camel caravans

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    laundry

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    Laundry It is a place where the washing & finishing of clothes & other washable articles are carried out. There are two types of laundry. Off premises /Contracted laundries 1. Caters to hotels on contract basis 2. No heavy investment 3.Quality may not be maintained as per the brand standard of the hotel 4.Timings are fixed for delivering the laundered linen 5.A good amount of par stock has to be kept for emergency purpose. On Premises/ In house laundry 1. it is present in the hotel

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    China’s Flourishing Civilization China’s Geography Map of China What topographical features are present and not-present on this map would influence China’s development? Major River Systems Ancient China had two major river systems: • Huang He which is also known as the Yellow River • Yangtze which is also known as the Chang Jiang . Major River Systems • The Huang He River system 3‚000 miles long • Empties into the Yellow Sea • Ancient Chinese civilization began along this river

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    people of Egypt‚ southern Arabia‚ Europe and Asia. Aksum exported a wide range of agricultural products such as wheat and barley‚ and animals such as sheep‚ cattle‚ and camels. The kingdom was also rich in gold‚ iron‚ and salt. In exchange for these goods‚ it ferried tortoise shells‚ spices‚ silks‚ emeralds‚ and crafted goods between Rome and India. The Kingdom of Axum had a complex social hierarchy and its cities had elaborate settlement patterns. The society consisted of an upper elite class of kings

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    from controlling and taxing trade. Trade posed the problem of if the government or private companies should control it. Trade spread religious ideas‚ technology‚ plants and animals and diseases. 2. There were many reasons behind the emergence of the Silk Road. One reason was the exchange of products of the forest and of the semi-arid northern grasslands of inner Eurasia‚ which were controlled by pastoral peoples‚ for the agricultural products and manufactured goods of the warmer‚ well-watered lands

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    Rome vs. Han China

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    Han China Vs. Imperial Rome The Han Dynasty and Imperial Rome were both large and powerful empires that existed during the Classical Period. The Han Dynasty and Imperial Rome had some major similarities as well as differences. The Han Dynasty had a similar government system as Imperial Rome‚ the empires’ governments made the same mistakes that led to similar declines; however the government’s involvement and view on trade was different between these two empires. Both the Han Dynasty and Imperial

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    Hum111 Week 8

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    top ten inventions and contributions and inventions by the Ancient Chinese included: the wheelbarrow‚ seismograph‚ paper‚ compass‚ gun powder‚ map‚ glazed pottery‚ hot air balloons‚ and silk. The ten most useful contributions that the ancient Chinese made in our contemporary society were: paper money‚ kites‚ iron and bronze‚ gunpowder‚ printing press‚ umbrellas‚ clocks‚ compasses‚ porcelain‚ and alcohol (Yinke‚ 2009). (2) Nominate four that you believe are the most ingenious or innovative. However

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    mineralogy

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    are then refined to extract the valuable element(s). Example: Copper…Diamond….Gold……Silver…..Sulfur….. Ore minerals Are minerals that contain the metal of value…. Pyrite-iron sulfate….Galena-gray sulfide of lead….Sphalerire-sulfide of zinc….Fluorite-colored of fluoride calcium Hematite-Iron…Chalcopyrite-copper and iron. Gangue Minerals Minerals Deposit Properties of Minerals Luster-(glossy‚ shines) Luster refers to the light reflected off of the mineral and its overall quality. Minerals

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    many coastal forts of the east side of Africa. Trade then switched amongst the Muslims of the Middle East‚ China and then the various European groups. This was a change because the Swahili were native to Africa‚ and sold ivory‚ gold‚ iron‚ slaves and exotic animals for silk in Persia and porcelain in China while power shifted multiple times until Europeans steadily began dominating sea trade‚ especially with the high demand and cheap expense to sell the slaves to the Americas‚ Asia‚ India‚ and parts

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    Djenne-Djeno were trading along the Niger river with other West African communities to get iron and good stone to make grindstones. They buried dead people in tall pots that stood in between their houses. By 500 AD‚ there were about 20‚000 people living in Djenne-Djeno in West Africa‚ more than in most European towns of that time. There were also smaller towns around the main town. They kept on working iron‚ and by now were also working copper‚ which came more than 1000 kilometers (about 600 miles)

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