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Silk Road

Earth and its Peoples 4th Edition Chapter 6 Outline

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Chapter 6 Network Communication and Trade - Silk Road connected China and the Middle East across Central Asia - Exchange of goods, manufactured products, and ideas Silk Road - Trade route that linked the lands of the Mediterranean with China by way of Mesopotamia, Iran, and Central Asia - Parthians- People originally from the east of the Caspian Sea - Zhang Jian- Traveled across inner Asia on behalf of the Han Dynasty. He reached the fertile valley or Ferghana. He found a river that ran westward and was declared the originator of overland trade with the western lands. - Romans gained crops from Chinese - Nomads provided meat, milk and clothes made of leather, felt and furs The Sasanid Empire, 224-600 - In Iran - Farmers pioneered in planting crops

Earth and its People Chap Five Outline

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CHAPTER 5 An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China, 753?b.c.e.?330 c.e. I. Rome?s Creation of a Mediterranean Empire, 753 b.c.e.?330 c.e. A. Geography and Resources 1. Italy and Sicily are at a crossroads of the Mediterranean and serve as a link between Africa and Europe. Rome is at a crossroads of the Italian peninsula. 2. Italy?s natural resources included navigable rivers, forests, iron, a mild climate, and enough arable land to support a large population of farmers whose surplus product and labor could be exploited by the Roman state. B. A Republic of Farmers, 753?31 b.c.e.

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the black plague was thought to be spread from the jews. so the europeans decided to burn and persecute more jews during this time. the spread of this plague was due to the trade routes such as the silk road and indian ocean maritime. when the rats got on board the fleas they had carried the disease causing it to spread.

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600 C.E.?1450 I. Questions of periodization A. Nature and causes of changes in the world history framework leading up to 600 C.E. ? 1450 as a period B. Emergence of new empires and political systems C. Continuities and breaks within the period (e.g., the impact of the Mongols on international contacts and on specific societies) The Islamic world II. The rise and role of Dar al-Islam as a unifying cultural and economic force in Eurasia and Africa A. The Rise 1. Arab Region Before a. Vast, dry area b. Nomadic Bedouin tribes c. Criss-crossed by trade routes d. Mecca 1. Trading crossroads 2. center for Arab tribal religious worship 3. Ka?aba ? fallen from heaven and has special powers

The Earth and Its Peoples - Chapter 8

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CHAPTER 8 Networks of Communication and Exchange, 300?b.c.e.?1100 c.e. I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . The Silk Road A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . Origins and Operations 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . The Silk Road was an overland route that linked China to the Mediterranean world via Mesopotamia, Iran, and Central Asia. There were two periods of heavy use of the Silk Road: (1) 150 b.c.e.?907 c.e. and (2) the thirteenth through seventeenth centuries c.e. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . The origins of the Silk Road trade may be located in the occasional trading of Central Asian nomads. Regular, large-scale trade was fostered by the Chinese demand for western products (particularly horses) and by the Parthian state in northeastern Iran and its control of the markets in Mesopotamia.

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