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    Silk Road

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    those crops were used in agriculture and made the population of the Old World rise like the drop of population of the Old World. When the Old World saw horses from the New World‚ the Old World made those animals useful by making them a way of transportation. When the Old World came to the New World the Old World people started to deforest everywhere to use the wood for building their town or city. The New World got tobacco from the Old World‚ and everyone in the New World started to chew and smoke

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    History of the silk road

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    The Silk Road was an European/Asian trade route that helped The Romes expand their Empire and spread European culture into Asia. It stretched 4‚000 miles from China to Rome and down into Africa. The routes connected China to India‚ Persia‚ Arabia‚ Greece‚ Africa‚ and the Roman Empire. Some routes were on land and some routes were on the sea. The routes on land were very rugged‚ barren terrain where many bandit attacks took place

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    The Silk road was a major trade route that brought cultural diffusion throughout Asia and Europe. Merchants and traders would travel the dangerous route for miles and miles. The route had a big impact on many societies. Objects such as silk and silver were traded on this route. The silk road brought the east and west together. It started at China’s capital Xian and stretched to Antioch in Damascus (“The Silk Road Bridges” 1). It also lead to many parts around the Middle East. It was about 4‚000

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    Silk | | Canadian Telecom & Cable Services | February 20‚ 2012 | | Outlook - Industry looks promising due to increase in data demand‚ our opinion is to invest in select companies in this industry | Highlights | * Volatilities in the market encouraged investors to continue to invest in safe dividend paying shares in 2011. Telecom and Cable sector’s strong and consistent cash flows intrigued investors to buy those stocks and consequently‚ telecom & cable stocks posted very

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    Silk Road CCOT

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    Spreading from China to Rome‚ the Silk Road was established during the Han Dynasty‚ 206 B.C.E to 220 C.E.‚ due to the stability of this period and the increase in trade it brought. While fulfilling its initial function‚ throughout the period‚ 200 B.C.E to 1450 C.E.‚ multiple modifications did transpire. Trade of merchandise stayed constant‚ trade became more customary‚ while the focus of materials shifted over time. Geographically the Silk Road was altered overtime as political boundaries

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    Silk-Road Tea

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    Silk Road: Tea The Silk Road was a series of historical trade routes that connected cultures of European and Asian countries. Hidden in Southwest China is a lesser-known trade route called Chamadao‚ literally translated as the Tea Horse Road‚ was a central trade route for the exchange of Tibetan horses and Chinese tea (Elaine). The route started in Southwest China‚ where tea was produced‚ led north into the Tibetan mountains and into India (Yang). Due to its economic and cultural impact‚ it has

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    Silk Road and the Internet Inside every working anarchy there’s an Old Boy Network. The internet is a great and popular invention that has changed‚ developed and improved today’s society. Yo-Yo Ma‚ once described the famous historical Silk Road as the ‘Internet of Antiquity’ meaning‚ the ancient internet‚ how and why would Yo-Yo Ma come to such a theory‚ the Silk Road and the internet may not have existed during the same period of time but there are similarities and difference to prove Yo-Yo Ma’s

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    Exchanges on the Silk Roads After the fall of the Mauryas‚ the Kushan kingdom became the main political force in northern India. They were located across the main trade routes‚ and the Kushans prospered on the trade that was happening in that area. That area of trade and exchange was known as the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a trade route located between the Roman Empire and China‚ which also had a section that passed through the mountains northwest of India. From that area‚ goods where shipped

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    Modern Silk Road

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    "Silk Roads or Steppe Roads? The Silk Roads in World History" The main focus‚ or thesis‚ of this article was similar to the likes of Andre Gunder Frank and Barry Gills; that the trans-civilizational and‚ less understood‚ trans-ecological exchanges along the Silk Road linked all regions of the Afro-Eurasian landmass- agrarian civilizations‚ the woodland communities to the north and steppe pastoralists- into a single "world-system" of trade that is several millennia old. Among these exchanges across

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    Silk Road 1

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    Silk Road was a merchants’ heaven and a consumers’ dream. A place wherecultural diffusion was a natural occurrence and different rich cultures could both spread and blend with freedom and prosperity. This global marketplace was took hundreds of years tostart and played a major factor our cultural past. Due to the combination of people‚ products‚ideas‚ and modes of transit‚ the first global marketplace was able to widely spread differentcultural ideas‚ beliefs‚ and lifestyles across Europe and Asia

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