In 200 B.C.E. is when the Han Dynasty first established Silk Roads and since the beginning of the establishment, all the way through 1450 C.E., Silk Roads were deeply an important change that happened to connect China in the east to the empires of the west. Although over tim different products and goods were changed including trading partners, the exchange of innovations and culture which led to cultural diffusion, became a continuity as well. Roughly around 200 B.C.E, the Silk Roads came into use. By that time, they linked the Roman Empire to the Han Dynasty.
Vasco De Gama reached India in 1498. This was the beginning of the European infiltration of Indian Ocean trade, bringing about many changes. The Portuguese took over more trade and established ports like Goa in India. Then Britain too dominated trade in conjunction with joint stock companies like the Dutch East India Company. The Chinese traded silks, porcelain and other luxury goods with Europe and Arabia, even as the Ming set rules up for when, where and who could trade at specific spots.
During the period of 600-1450, China rose as the most influential state in East Asia. This is because, and because of this, many other states borrowed heavily from Chinese culture. Japan and Southeast Asia were two of those that borrowed a lot from China. They both borrowed rituals and the religions, Buddhism and Confucianism from China. They also borrowed the system of a bureaucracy from China.
How did Buddhism become the most popular faith in all of East Asia? 5. How did the silk roads facilitate the spread of Hinduism and Christianity? 6. Why is the rise of Manichaeism such a good example of the relationship between long-distance trade and the spread of religion?
The major religions spread during this time period were Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity. Buddhism expanded from northern India in about 200 CE to small oasis communities along the Silk roads such as Merv, Samarkand, and Kuqa, where monks or merchants explained the religion to them. From there, Buddhism spread to the steppelands of central Asia and China, where it caused huge uproar and forever changed Chinese government by helping to disestablish the Confucian doctrines which were the norm, and by 500 CE, Chinese were readily accepting it. Hinduism mostly gained a following in southeast Asian islands such as Java and Sumatra, where, by 100 CE, they had adopted Hindu cults of Shiva and Vishnu. Christianity spread its message of salvation throughout much of the Mediterranean basin and the Roman Empire, despite the Romans attempts to quash it.
Western Europe experienced the largest amount of changes because the main countries that were becoming involved in international trade were located here. These countries include England, Spain, and Portugal. After contact had first been made with people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, the first stock exchange was set up in 1538, which represented a steady economy and businesses that could be trusted to continue success within the companies. Along with the new businesses and technology, through international trade, new products were introduced to Europe such as tobacco and potatoes. Companies that focused on trade were also introduced, such as the Dutch, English, and French East India companies.
Under the Han Dynasty, China made great advances in many areas of the arts and sciences. Also started trading connections between China and the West, along the Silk Road. This time period has been greatly romanticized in works such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The Sui Dynasty, which managed to reunite the country in 589 after nearly four centuries of political fragmentation. China together again and set up many institutions that
Some of the features that stayed the same are the routes, goods, greed and the monsoon winds. The routes branched from China through India and the rest of the Middle East on through Europe. At first, all the travel was done on the Silk Road with horses. Some of the goods that they transported are silk, pottery, tea, spices, medicines, etc. As their greed grew, the technology also grew.
Secretary of State John Hay first articulated the concept of the “Open Door” in China in a series of notes in 1899-1900. These Open Door Notes aimed to secure international agreement to the U.S. policy of promoting equal opportunity for international trade and commerce in China, and respect for China’s administrative and territorial integrity. British and American policies toward China had long operated under similar principles, but once Hay put them into writing, the “Open Door” became the official U.S. policy towards the Far East in the first half of the 20th century. The idea behind the Open Door Notes originated with British and American China experts, Alfred E. Hippisley and William W. Rockhill. Both men believed that their countries’ economic interests in China would be best protected and promoted by a formal agreement among the European powers on the principle of maintaining an Open Door for trade and commercial activity.
The Mongols were a Central Asian nomadic tribe. They had a huge impact on Chinese history. Their impacts were beneficial and destructive. Some people believed that The Mongols had both a beneficial and destructive impact at the same time. Some people viewed The Mongols as a beneficial force.