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Earth and its Peoples 4th Edition Chapter 6 Outline
The Earth and Its Peoples Silk Road
The Silk Road
Earth and its People Chap Five Outline
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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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
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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