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He was from a wealthy merchant family. He started to travel at the age of 17 with his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo Polo. They were merchants who traded jewels with the Middle East through Asia. In 1271, the Polo family decided to go on a long, adventurous journey to China. They first traveled by sea to the Persian Gulf, and then were forced to take an ancient caravan route through present day Iraq, Iran, and Turkmenistan. They passed through many great cities and saw many sites…

Zheng He was Chinese admiral who sailed across the western seas from China to the east coast of Africa and other points in the Indian Ocean. He was captured as a prisoner at the age of ten, after watching his father die at the hands of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China for nearly 300 years, from the middle of the fourteenth century to the middle of the sixteenth century. As a prisoner, Zheng He, whose former name was Ma He was forced to join the thousands of…

were bought and sold throughout different countries, and stops were made along the way to trade with others. 3) The types of products that were traded via the Silk Road that went from east to west, are fruits like peaches and apricots, and spices, like cinnamon and ginger. Products that were traded from west to east, were alfalfa, wine…

this trend. Located in northeast Africa, Egypt is bordered to the north by the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert to the west. The Nubian Desert and the Red Sea make up the eastern border, and the Sudd swamplands form the southern border. Collectively these geographical features naturally provide defense for Egypt. The…

During the Han Dynasty of China, the Silk Road was an established system of multiple routes, well-known for connecting the regions of the ancient world in trade. Despite the name, the Silk Road was not one singular route – in fact, it linked China, Japan, Persia, India, Arabia and Europe. During the Han Dynasty, emperor Wu sent one of his men to seek the help of neighboring nomadic tribes in attempt to band together to fend off the Xiongnu. It was on this journey that the emissary came across…

In the Early Hellenistic Period during the third century, a trade route was established, stretching from China to the West. The trade route by the name of the Silk Road, carried goods and ideas between the great civilizations of Roma and China. From the first to the sixteenth centuries, various regions such as Rome, India, Asia, Africa and more relied on trade in order to exchange goods. Many merchants like Marco Polo traveled along the silk road and were able to pave the way for many English…

weapons, silk, china, paper and many technological, as well as political influence in the region of origins. Indians were known for their spices, as the people of East Africa traded slaves, timber, and ivory. All over the world, civilizations were inventing tools and coming up with new ideas on how to better their culture. This is the cornerstone, or backbone of what started a series of the most important events in the world’s history. People of ancient times traveled across land and sea to show…

In the recent years China has risen to become one of the largest growing world powers of the developing world. Their massive economy helped them achieve colossal strides in developing and maintaining their intense industrialization of their country. However, in recent events China has shifted some focus away from their economy to their military forces. Building up and modernizing its military might with intent on securing their interests abroad and domestically. In this paper I plan to discuss…

(1) Introduction The Silk Road was an ancient trade route, which ran from China and India to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Goods, such as Chinese silk and Indian spices, were traded along it using camels on the overland route (Newitt, 2005, pp. 2-3). Portugal, being located on the Atlantic coast, was therefore at the fringe of the Silk Road. However, Portugal managed to create a colonial empire despite being a country of marginal importance in the early Middle Ages (Disney, 2009,…

engendered a trade inequity because the market for Western goods in China was virtually non-existent; China was fundamentally self-sufficient and Europeans were not allowed admission to China's interior. European silver poured into China when the Canton System, introduced in the mid-17th century,…