• As in the previous chapter, this time period witnessed a tremendous growth in long-distance trade due to improvements in technology. Trade through the Silk Road, the Indian Ocean, the trans-Saharan trade route, and the Mediterranean Sea led to the spread of ideas, religions, and technology. During the period known as Pax Mongolia, when peace and order were established in Eurasia due to the vast Mongol Empire, trade and cultural interaction were at their height.…
Thesis: Although there were similarities between the Atlantic Circuit and Silk Road trade routes, there were more significant differences. The first similarity between the Silk Road and the Atlantic Circuit was that both trade routes created a spread of religion and syncretism and adaptations of current religions. For example, the Atlantic Circuit spread and created new adaptations of African religions; in the West Indies, slaves were encouraged to adopt Catholic religious practices, but slaves also continued African religion, beliefs in deities, and practices, which served as the foundation for for African-derived religions like candomblé. The Silk Road spread Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism and Judaism.…
The Columbian Exchange and the Silk Road were both global systems of exchange that had similarities and differences. One of the main points are what was exchanged, such as food, disease, and people. Also, the people who traded things were of difference ethnicities but had some similar goals. Finally, the location of the networks were mostly different, but one of the countries collided between the two systems.…
The Silk Road is a series of trade routes that exchanged both goods and cultural influences in and around the Asian continent. Silk was the most important good that was traded in this route because of its rarity and beauty. In addition, cotton, paper making, textiles, gunpowder, and spices were important goods traded as well. Religion was the most important and influential cultural exchange in this trade route. The spread of Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all spread across Eurasia and were also tied to certain religious communities. In the Indian Ocean, the use of the Monsoons helped the Indian empires grow both economically and in their population size. Urbanization took place in Delhi and large port cities that developed them economically. Incense and horses were introduced from Arabia and Southwest Asia, while goods such as gold, ivory, and slaves came from East Asia. A change that…
Although the silk road and the Indian ocean trading network both diffused religions,technology,and the transfer of goods. However the silk road supported a strong state for defenses, primarily traded in luxury goods that did not benefit the common man, different religions diffused on each of the trade networks as well. The indian ocean network on the other hand dealt in the trade of bulk goods such as timber and spice’s. The indian ocean network was also never controlled by one large group. The Indian ocean network was often not considered a relay trade where one group gave the goods and the other side received them,but on the silk road the trade was continued one group gave goods to another and then they traded that for something else with…
It can be seen through context that the religious beliefs of the people that live along the Silk Road have radically changed over time because of the effects of the travel and trade along the path and the diverse cultures that passed through the area over time. For a little over two thousand years, the Silk Road was a network of webbing that allowed various minorities the right to travel, leading to the dissemination of differing religious ideologies across Eurasia. It seemed that the Greek colonies of Central Asia had been left behind after the collapse of the empire, that had been converted on a larger scale from Greco-Roman paganism to Buddhism. Often one of the most important aspects of the identity of a person can come in the form of religion,…
The Silk Road served as a significant factor of the economic development during the Han Dynasty. It was a series of trade routes that involved connection between the West and China. Merchants travelled along the Silk Road by means of camel caravans to trade their goods. Goods such as silk, spices, ivory, and gems were exported to the West. Meanwhile, western goods such as linen, wool, glass, metal ware, sesame, and wine were imported to China.…
One of the world’s largest and flourishing arrangements of trade came from Eurasia. It is know as the Silk Roads, this is a land based trade system and these routes have connected agriculture and pastoral people. Along with big civilizations on the continent’s border. No one knew the length of the networks’ of trade, it was a “relay trade” which is when goods are passed down the border. The Silk Roads began by blossoming in the early centuries, they provided safety for merchants and travelers, a large array of good made its way across the roads.…
The Silk Road was a trade route, beginning in China and created during the Han dynasty, which facilitated trade throughout Eurasia. The Silk Roads stretched all the way to the Mediterranean, and goods from places such as Rome and even Africa were traded along the roads. From 200 BC to 1450 BCE, the patterns of interactions along the Silk Roads changed with the spread of religions and the rise and fall of civilizations, but maintained continuity with the goods traded along its routes and its main purpose.…
When discussing how the Silk Road has contributed to global change and expansion of discovery and technology, it is key to focus on how its success is dependent on the development of the three dominate empires within the time period; The Mali, The Mongolian and The Aztec. These complex societies were reliant on merchants and specialty crafters from across oceans and continents. Trade is a mutually beneficial transaction that either profits or increases knowledge, convenience or luxury, so it was very desirable as it spread across civilizations. The Silk Road is so important because it wasn’t just the goods exchanged, but the alliances and associations that had a language all of their own, which…
March 7, 2013 Humanities The Silk Road Rome_____________Central Asia______________Han China | India The Nomads The Silk Road crossed nomadic territory Extreme Agriculture: humans + omega animals Sparce population in a large area Calorie Exchange: 90,000 calories * Plants- 100,000 calories * Animals- 10,000 calories Horse= mobility No borders (territorial imperative )= pastures War; Secure pastures…
Throughout the period 200 BCE to 1450 CE, the Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes connecting the Western and Eastern Empires that were central to cultural diffusion through areas of the Asian continent. The Silk Road played an extremely important role in the growth of trade and the exchanging of culture, language, ideas, and religion. During this time period in Western Europe many changes took place, however the main purpose of the Silk Road stayed intact. In 200 BCE, Western Europe relied heavily on trade with Chinese merchants which supported the growth of both cultures. Over time, Western Europe and Asia became increasingly infatuated with the new luxuries exposed to them through the Silk Road, resulting in the shaping of each culture.…
During 1492 to 1750, the Columbian Exchange had demographic and environmental effects on the New World and Old World had similar yet different effects on each other. Effects were how the Old World and New World brought plants and animals to each other and made different uses with them, but also had different effects on there population.…
Another change that occurred was the goods that were trade. This change happened because empires wanted materials from other empires. Around the time of the Han dynasty and the Roman Empire, the Romans wanted silk, so they created the Silk Road to trade with China. Over time, many more items were added to the list of goods that was traded. Some of these items that were added are ivory, jade, glass, spices, cloth, oil, weapons, gold, nuts, food, dyes, flowers, salt, onions, incense, pepper, furs, horses, tea.…
Goods were not the only interactions along the Silk Road. One of the major tragedies in the Eastern Hemisphere was the Bubonic Plague. The Plague originated from the Mongols and spread westward along the Silk Road. The Silk Road had many merchants from all over the Continent so the spread of the disease was inevitable. The luxury goods that came from Asia were often carried long distances either by animal or by boat, either way aiding the transfer of the Plague. What had once just been a trade route, now has become a major artery for the Eastern Hemisphere. Anything that reaches the Silk Road will be spread accross Europe, the Middle East and Asia.…