While the basic purpose of the Silk Road remained mostly the same, its’ goods and destinations went through many changes. The road started as a small transport route for Eurasian merchants, but later turned into an important economical and cultural necessity. Once Asian products, like spices and fabrics, were used by Europeans, they became dependent on them. This also occurred in Asia, and it began to shape both cultures. Also, due to the large amount of political changes that occurred during this expanse of time, the Silk Road also traveled through the new countries that began when the Roman Empire collapsed.
Goods traded along the system included silk and porcelain from China, spices from SE Asia and peppers, pearls, and cotton from India. Additionally, horses and incense from Southwest Asia, and gold and ivory from East Africa were traded as well. The reason for such difference in trade is that the
By In the Indus River Valley, the largest cities of the area were located directly next to the Indus River (Martin). As many traders also when outside the Indus Valley for more opportunities of trade and revenue, they went southward down the Indus River to the Arabian Sea and traded along the cost. When traders went outside their homeland, much culture was spread – such as, the spreading religion, technology, foods, art, and
1. What developments in the classical era helped reduce the risks inherent in long-distance trade? Construction of roads and bridges Expansion of empires closer borders, built in the classical era. They undertook these expensive projects primarily for military and administrative reasons, but roads also had the effect of encouraging trade within individual societies built large imperial states that sometimes expanded to the point that they bordered on one another. 2.
Silk Road DBQ The interconnected network of the Silk Road has had a vast role in broadcasting the major aspects of all the past, present, and future civilizations. The Silk Road has left a huge dent in the world’s blueprint in development. It also was a distinguished trading route that allowed friends and people to spread ideas, religions, and inventions for the greater good of mankind. Although the fact that many people believe that the Silk Road was one-dimensional, in that they think that it was an important trading route, it had affected the world in many ways such as, an economic, social, religious, and intellectual aspects. Economically, the Silk Road had a colossal effect on the world’s economy which established how and where most of the major imports and exports go.
McKenzie Langford 26 November 2012 Pd. 3- McCauley Comparing and Contrasting the Byzantine Empire and the Dar Al-Islam The Byzantine Empire and the Muslim World were both significant to Afroeurasia during the middle ages. Each had major effects on the surrounding areas, and continued to influence cultures around the world in the following years. The Byzantine Empire and the Muslim world shared similarities in their economics and cultural achievements; however, their religious views were both similar and different at the same time. In the Byzantine Empire, trade played a very important role in their economic system.
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 600 CE. This is because of HOW the Silk Road began and started to develop quickly throughout the world. The major step towards development of the Silk Road was because of the Chinese Emperor Wu Di.
Native American tribes, who once lived off the Columbia, were forced to move on and find a new way of life. This dam has caused a great deal of controversy, and the real question is whether or not the building of this dam has been beneficial. The Columbia River is one of the biggest rivers in the US. This river is over one thousand and two hundred miles long with a discharge of about 265,000 cubic feet per second at the mouth of the river. The Columbia drops almost two thousand and seven hundred feet from British Columbia to the Pacific Ocean.
The Silk Road began approximately 2,500 years ago and was an extensive trade route that linked many areas of the world together. More specifically this route according to E.E. Kuzmina and Victor H. Mair was between China, the Eurasian Steppe, Central Asia, and Europe, which went on to Byzantine and beyond (p. 1). This Road as Kuzmina and Mair stated, “Was used for transporting silk from China, while in the opposite direction, from Rome and other countries, traders brought to the Celestial Empire glassware, jewelry, and other goods of high aesthetic value” (p. 1). As Kuzmina and Mair also pointed out, the opening of this famous route is usually referred to as “taking place in the second B.C.
THE NEED FOR WATER IN ANCIENT SOCIETIES Water is life - there could be no life without water. The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Rome, Egypt and China understood that water is not simply a valuable resource without which survival is impossible, but also an important prerequisite for further development. Water became an influential tool that shaped technological, economic, political, and legal spheres of the ancient societies, as well as a powerful weapon in the hands of their emperors and kings. To begin, the need for a steady supply of water greatly affected technological developments in the ancient world, both negatively and positively. For instance, ancient civilizations that solely depended on irrigation canals and ditches often suffered food shortages and famine when the river levels dropped, or when the water systems could not be properly maintained.