The Silk Road was not a single route but rather a network of trails. Silk road was not the only Item that was treated gold, gems, glass, ivory, stones dates, grapes, carpets, rugs were also treated. Many of the items That they treated for were a secret and they didn't know how to Make them. For example, Europe was interested in silk and porcelain (they couldn't make it) and some of the effects that the Silk Road had on culture were that People came together, Cultural diffusion is the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another and they shared ideas and culture (As seen in document # 1) ,The spreading of ideas , spread of religion food and culture diffusion means , The mixing of world cultures through different Religion…
During the 15th century, European nations began to send explorers throughout the world; these explorers helped create new trade routes, which greatly affected Europe’s prosperity and the interactions between European countries. The Europeans influenced other countries and cultures by establishing trading stations, creating colonies, imposing their ideas upon various native people, and introducing new diseases, and non-European cultures also changed European trade, social life, and ideas. European nations created a global trading system that changed the food cultures of a multitude of countries, and scholars in Europe began to describe and analyze the different people, cultures, and places that Europeans encountered. Demand for a workforce…
The mind-boggling constructive outcome of the Colombian Exchange is/was the gainful plants and creatures which were acquainted both with the Americas and to Europe. Cows, pigs, chickens and steeds were given to the Americans and also wheat, citrus natural products, and different vegetables. Turkeys were acquainted with Europe alongside potatoes, tomatoes, squash and pumpkins. Both sides profited from enhanced eating regimen. The Columbian Exchange had sensational statistic impacts in both the Americas and Europe.…
Learning others’ languages and becoming one with nature could bring us together. I believe it is important that we as a society acknowledge native languages; the native dialect is more important than people think. For native tribes, language is everything to them. It’s a way of communication, and a huge part of their culture. Without it, future generations will lose connectivity to their ancestors.…
The Columbian exchange was the widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, technology, and ideas between the America’s and the Old World during the 15th and 16th century. This global transfer has greatly affected most societies on earth in a plethora of ways. It brought destructive diseases that depopulated many cultures and it circulated a wide variety of new crops and livestock that were only native to the New World or the Old World. Additionally, as a result of the Columbian Exchange, the spread of agriculture led to an increase in the world’s population. Overall, the Columbian Exchange brought the Eastern and Western hemispheres together.…
The First Contact had a huge impact on individuals during the time trade was taking place. This proved that although huge revolutions were taking place, not everything had a positive outcome. The diseases that followed, such as the bubonic plague, caused disasters within communities and weakened societies. The death toll increased further with slavery when people discovered cheap (or free) labor meant more profit and a better income. This was connected to the silk road and and mass producing products.…
In hopes of securing a more prosperous life, many Asian immigrant families endure the challenges of communal adjustment and struggle to meet the basic needs for survival. Immigrants make desperate efforts to resettle and adapt to a new culture, only to be hindered by issues with social acceptance. They often encounter ethnic discrimination, alienation from the majority, and ridicule for their inexperience with the primary language of the foreign country. Despite the seemingly endless onslaught of hardships, immigrants found relief and solace in culinary traditions. Food served as a means of escape from the difficulties of assimilation and allowed them to take comfort in their cultural heritage.…
I remember the first year when my family just moved to America. Life in a new country was so different. On the first weeks of school, I could not eat anything because the food was not what I have always eaten: tacos, burritos, and chicken nuggets. I could eat none of those, and I was desperate for a bowl of rice and a fried egg. Mexican food was not what I grew up with.…
College Point was founded by Entrepreneur, Conrad Poppenhusen, who ideally built the town to have his factory workers reside in. As time progresses, so does a town, city, state, and even the nation itself; to further assist the understanding of the transitions, three articles will be mentioned. In the article A Tale of Two Globals: Pupusas and IKEA in Red Hook by Sharon Zukin, the author demonstrates how cultural diffusion is present when vendors arrives at a soccer field to sell Central American food to individuals who are or have been raised from the same culture. However, individuals who do not even know their native language also begins to buy the food and over two hundred people patiently wait to be served by 6 vendor trucks (Zukin…
Q3: Why did the Columbian Exchange make it easier for the expansion of Europeans into the New World? Understanding how the Columbian Exchange worked and why it was significant to both the Old World and New World is the most important conversation to have. The essay defines the Columbian Exchange as an “artificial re-establishment of connections through the commingling of Old and New World plants, animals, and bacteria.” The author is describing how the two different societies combined their food and animals for a cultural advantage, but also how germs negatively affected the New World.…
Abstract Diffusion is everywhere in the world. It is much more easier this day and age to mix cultures because we are able to go around the world much better. Many people don't know about diffusionism, but they do see it every where they go. Some of them also live in a dual cultural home.…
a. Cultural diffusion / pg. 57: the spread of cultural traits form one group to another; includes both material and nonmaterial cultural traits. This term is incredibly relevant in this documentary in every aspect of it. Culture is absolutely going to spread when citizens of other countries make the trek across nations. For example, the people of Honduras most definitely do not eat the same food we eat here in the states. But, as a another example, we notice that the farther south we go in American, the more Hispanic influence there is.…
Mekejla Bushati Mr.Linton Global 9 3 January 2017 The spread of ideas, technologies and cultural beliefs from one group of people to another is known as cultural diffusion. Cultural Diffusion helped people learned how certain things are done and learn things that they did not know. They learned things such as trade and different types of religions.…
Did the discovery of the New World make the world a better place? During the discovery of the New World and colonization of the Americas, the world was not a better place. This discovery it led to catastrophic events occurred an exchange of diseases that resulted in a dramatic decrease in the Native American population. Because of this decrease in the Native American population, Europeans were now left without a strong source of labor which resulted in the start of the act of African slavery in the Americas. With African slavery as a source of labor, many countries were able to build their territories and wanted to gain more power in North America.…
Food is an important aspect of life; it is a daily necessity because all humans eat to survive. Food also act as ways for people to connect and present their cultures. Yet, in different cultures, many food have unique and symbolic meanings. Similarly, everyone has a unique eating habit, which is a way for people to identify themselves. The term food habits refers to “why and how people eat, which foods they eat, and with whom they eat, as well as the ways people obtain, store, use, and discard food”.…