Base on the document‚ Marco Polo followed his father and uncle travel along the silk road trading goods from Europe. Due to his ability to speak four different languages and describe things into details‚ Khubilai Khan the emperor of the Mongol including China decides to keep him which he later became an advisor and tax collector to the emperor. When Marco Polo returned to Italy after spending seventeen years in the Mongol kingdom where he gives account about how the Mongol won their battles and dominant
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everything stayed the same and Rome is no exception. While the economics of Rome managed to stay the same between 100 and 600 CE‚ and the laws of Rome with it‚ government and religion in 600 CE would not be recognizable to leaders and civilians from 100 CE. In 100 CE‚ the Roman economy was booming. The Roman Roads were used for trade within the empire‚ and the Silk Roads and Indian Ocean were traveled for imported goods. The government was as it had always been: one emperor‚ backed up by the Senate
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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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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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Russia 1450-1750Western civilization changed significantly between 1450 and 1750. While Russia remained an agricultural society‚ the West became very commercially active and developed a strong manufacturing base. Many of the core areas of the West transformed; governments increased their powers‚ science became the focus of intellectual life. These changes resulted from overseas expansion. Russia‚ on the other hand‚ was heavily concerned with territorial expansion‚ eventually becoming the chief power
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Sericulture‚ or silk farming‚ is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms‚ Bombyx mori is the most widely used and intensively studied. According to Confucian texts‚ the discovery of silk production byB. mori dates to about 2700 BC‚ although archaeological records point to silk cultivation as early as the Yangshao period (5000 – 3000 BCE).[1] About the first half of the 1st century AD it had reached ancient Khotan‚[2] and
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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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December 8‚ 2013 PSY 200 Reflection Prelude- When signing up for psychology 200‚ I expected it to be a very interesting course much like my class from high school. With such an interest in psychology‚ I hoped that this course would help determine if this was a potential major/minor to pursue. Aside from its academic aspect‚ I took psychology to gain some personal insight. With a mother diagnosed with bipolar disorder‚ along with other family members as well as myself suffering from depression
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My Achievements In LART 200 Have you ever see yourself in the next college-level such as LART 211? If you have answered yes then lets just say that you and me have something in common now. My experience at my LART 200 class was so motivated and interesting because I have learned so many things during this quarter. I have made a lot of improvements in my writing and reading skills such as using the method “P.I.E’ in a essay and annotating when you are reading something such as an article. I‚ also
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1450 part C Globalization Spices Sugar was HUGE in America • New Guinea • Arabs were first to take it – med • Europeans wanted it o All they had was honey and fruits • First international mass market product o Capital from Europe/production in America/ African slaves • Sugar Belt • Slave labor o Many Indians died o Many African were resistant to disease o Horrendous conditions o Many Africans in Brazil o Spread t Caribbean • There was Spanish‚ Friend‚ English‚ Dutch
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