East China Sea

otherwise would not be able to have. While trade across land was common, trade by water began to gain more popularity with the invention of better boats. One of the most well-known seas that had much trade occur upon it, is the Mediterranean Sea. Being able to access these ports, made it easier for countries, such as, China and Phoenicia, to not only receive resources they needed, but sell their own products to other societies that were in need of it. Therefore, being able to trade along the…

Asia, India, Arabia, and East Africa. Long distance sea trade moved across a web of routes linking all of those areas as well as East Asia (particularly China). On the other hand, Central Asia was the largest empire in the world history, controlling Tibet, Northern China, and Persia. Also, Islam would flourish in Central Asia/The Chinese transferred the skill of paper making. Through the Mongols, Islamic mathematics and astronomy spread from the “Dar la Islam” into China where they found a…

The dragon is one of the four mythical creatures in China which include the Phoenix, tiger, and tortoise. Since ancient times the dragon has been a symbol of power and goodness and has been used by the emperors. Chinese dragons are powerful and benign symbols in Chinese culture and are said to have control over the weather and water. It is even believed that they can summon rain during a drought. Chinese dragons are seen in contrast to the evil fire-breathing dragons in most Western stories.The…

order to try to help in the reduction of the catastrophic effect of Global Warming, we must think of who is the main C02 polluter that we have, China has been the biggest country releasing vast amounts of C02 emissions…

were Chinese, a principle power that was start in East Asia in 221 BCE. The Romans, which are Latin, had control over western Mediterranean. Both based on Agricultural. State level governments, many little states, had rivers (water) and mountains. Their land and soil was decent for crop growing could provide their own food for their community. The small states would commonly disagree with each other. Both had their own agricultural as for China (Han) the Great Wall and for Romans was the…

During this period, several large civilizations developed in the Middle East and Asia. These civilizations made many advancements in areas such as politics, economy, technology, art, and religion. Two major civilizations that developed during the classical period were China and the Indian subcontinent. During their development and existence, several rulers and dynasties controlled the large civilizations. The Han dynasty of China and the Gupta dynasty of India were two of the most successful and…

became, at the time, the single biggest problem for China as a nation, and somewhat surprisingly, Britain played a role in this epidemic. The British East India Company grew opium in their colonies in India. The British would drink opium in bottles, kind of like medicine; they would even give it to their children to go to sleep. Consuming opium like this is not as addictive as inhaling it. The Chinese would smoke opium which caused many people in China to become addicted. Fathers of certain…

by examining their interactions with China during the 19th century, it is apparent that this part of their history was selfishly corrupt and malevolent. This essay shall argue that for many years leading up to the First Opium War, Great Britain fully endorsed the smuggling of illegal opium into China; the goal being to increase revenues within India, and consequently of Britain itself. Despite knowing the harm that opium possessed towards the citizens of China, the possibility of substantially…

detail what China was like at the time, the wealth and power of it. Another factor may have been the need to spread the religion of Christianity all throughout the world. The final reason they may have done this is so that they would not have to buy their spices from Italian traders at a very high price. The steps that Portugal took yo get to Asia via sea were many. The first thing that they did was create a sailor school so that the people on the ship would know how to navigate the sea. The…

Eve Orbach 10H1 Social Studies China, Japan, the Middle East, and Africa were regions in which the influence of the Europeans was eventually greatly felt. All of these regions were at first reluctant to join with the European ways in matters such as culture and trade, but eventually succumbed to the pressure to join the Europeans due to various reasons such as military pressure from the Europeans or the pressure to succeed and evolve by modernizing as a country. The Europeans always succeed in…