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    The Silk Road served as a cultural bridge linking the east to the west on the Eurasian continent. It was an extensive trade route originated from Chang’an in the east and ended at the Mediterranean in the west. This trade included both overland and maritime routes. The society that began the Silk Road was the Han Dynasty in China in approximately 200 B.C.E. The rise and fall of different civilizations and nomadic invasions transformed the Silk Road and its users‚ and from 200 BCE to 1450 CE the spread

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    amongst countries. One of the most outstanding trade routes in the past was the Silk Road found in China. It was a route used by many people to travel and transport goods such as silk‚ paper‚ livestock‚ jewels‚ and much more‚ from East to West China. It consisted of land and sea routes‚ which made transportation and traveling convenient for man in that time period. There were many items traded along the Silk Road that had a profound impact on the development of the cultures‚ religions and other components

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    The Silk Road‚ once a popular trade route‚ slowly was overshadowed by the growing Indian Ocean trade. The Indian Ocean trade route was more efficient‚ easier to travel‚ and much faster. Meanwhile the Silk Road became less traveled because of its harsh geography‚ the spread of disease‚ and the fall of the empires that supported the trade. Differences in geography caused the Silk Road to decline and expanded the Indian Ocean trade. Both routes experienced different kinds of difficulties. The Silk

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    Yellow Brick Road by Witi Ihimaera Follow the yellow brick road‚ Follow‚ follow‚ follow follow‚ Follow the yellow brick road ... We’re almost there! Almost at Wellington‚ the Emerald City! Me and Dad and Mum and Roha‚ we been travelling for two days now in our car which Dad bought from Mr Wallace last week. No dents and honk honk goes the horn. Dad‚ he said I could have a drive of it myself when we left Waituhi but then it conked out on the Whareratas and that made him change

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    The Belt and Road Initiative (hereinafter referred to as the initiative)‚ is a long-term plan proposed by China‚ to cooperate with other countries to improve the relationship. Being a city with free economy and connection with other external countries‚ Hong Kong is playing an active role in assisting China in the initiative (The 2016 Policy Address‚ 2016). The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has initiated policies in recent years to help so. The issue of whether Hong Kong should

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    my tires on the ‘cat’s eyes’ which are on the turnpike road. Behold‚ my Camry had drifted off the road and my car was heading to the direction of oncoming traffic. In a frantic effort to avoid a head-on collision which I thought would have been ghastly‚ I tried desperately to steer my car back onto the road. By this time‚ I had lost total control of my steering wheel and seemed to be controlled by the car. The car skidded on the slippery road and hit the front wheels of an 18-wheeler that had been

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    Xiao Jie Yang History 9:30 The Silk Road Journey The Silk Road is one of the oldest and longest trade routes known in the ancient world. Xuan Zang is the only person in history known to have made the whole journey from the Tang capital of Chang’an all the way to India and then back. However‚ his sixteen years‚ ten thousand mile journey is a huge sacrifice that brought culture‚ religion‚ ideas‚ and various commodities together and connected China to the rest of the kingdoms to the west

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    Ngo 7th period 10/6/2012 SILK ROAD VS SAHARAN TRADE ROUTES The Silk Road and the Saharan Caravan trade routes had many differences and similarities in their development and the impact on the civilizations they made. They were comparable and diverse in many areas of society such as: the development of the empire and how it all began‚ architecture and writing that was developed‚ and the spread of religion throughout the region between 300 BCE – 600 CE. The Silk Road developed between 300 BCE and

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    Joseph Bodyen’s‚ Three Day Road is about survival and difficulties of an Indian soldier on WW1 after returning home. In one situation when Elijah explaining Xavier about their returning home he says‚ “This is war. This is not home. What’s mad is them putting us in trenches to begin with. The madness is to tell us to kill and to award those of us who do it well” (Bodyen 322). The line shows that with the orders from their superiors the soldiers went into the battlefield and killed innocent people

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    This type of suction road sweeper truck is designed to clean up freeways‚ trunk highways‚ county roads‚ urban roads‚ scenic spot roads‚ and airport roads. Road Sweeper YHQS5050A: This type of suction road sweeper truck is designed to clean up freeways‚ trunk highways‚ county roads‚ urban roads‚ scenic spot roads‚ and airport roads. It works by picking up gravel‚ rind‚ scrap of paper‚ cigarette end‚ kernel‚ plastic bag‚ stone‚ brick‚ grains of sand‚ dust‚ and etc. Road Sweeper YHQS5050A Features:

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