East China Sea

Egypt, some from the eastern and western deserts in Sinai and Libya. Ancient Egypt was an area where different cultures blended cultural practices and technologies. Very similar to the people of Egypt were the people of East Asia. Just like all the other people of this time, East Asians settled in river basins. These settlements along the Yellow River and Yangzi River became the starting point for the Chinese state. These two areas shared some very similar aspects of life, but also some…

of “the age of sail”. However, it was European powers that dominated the world and entered the Industrial Evolution before China, or any other empire. The emergence of European power during this time can be explained by the political and religious systems, as well as the geography of European nation states. Geographically, European nation states How did Europe and China arrive at their different political systems? Are geography and environmental (and biological) conditions as important as…

Rome and Han China at their peaks were the largest and most successful empires the world had yet seen. While Rome centered around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe- from the Roman city-state in central Italy- Han China was based in most of present day China, with the Han homeland located east in the empire. Although in no close contact of each other- the Roman Empire and Han China being separated by thousands of miles- both of these great civilizations grew to great heights and shared many…

stretching from Afghanistan to parts southern Spain. Trade, ideas, and culture thrived in this Islamic empire. Islam brought a sense of unity and purpose to the traders and people of the Arabian Peninsula. Arab armies spread Islam through the Middle East and beyond. Muslim traders also spread Islam. Between 1000 and 1500, C. E. the Islamic empire had many setbacks from the Christian Crusades, spanning roughly 200 years, to the Mongolian invasions from 1258 to 1300 C. E. but one thing that…

innovation of modern-day currency (Watson, Peter 2005). Trading between countries has been happening for ages. Trading around the globe effected how religion, culture and resources were distributed throughout the ancient times. Northern Africa and China, in Eastern Asia, had major roles and much experience when it came to trading in ancient times. While the Chinese and people of Africa were trading, the Mayans and the Aztecs were also trading with each other. The ways of trading was completely…

Aside from not having this key piece of information many different forms of data have shown a variety of plausible ways that the religion made its way into China. It is believed that the Silk Road was another form for the spread of Buddhism; “opened in the second century BC, missionaries and pilgrims began to travel between China, Central Asia and India” (Buddhism and the spread along the Silk Road 1). One of the main factors for the decrease in Buddhism in India was caused by the fact that…

The First Opium War took place between Great Britain and China from 1839-1842 over Great Britain’s right to trade opium, and to a lesser extent to preserve international trade in Asian Continent. While the war itself is interesting, several significant economic insights can be obtained by observing how the economic conditions of the time brought about war. At the turn of the 18th Century, China saw itself as the best country in the world. They were almost completely self-sufficient and had been…

Curtis, Walters AC160365 HS150.3.2 World Civilization Assignment 6_06 February 21, 2017 HS150.3.2 World Civilization The Dynasties of China produced many examples of how the past can dictate the future. Ideas at that time have become familiar in today’s society. And these Dynasties grew to be very different from the ones that were before. During the Sui dynasty, there were some changes. A new system was created – six Ministries with Three Departments. The Departments - Zhongshu Sheng,…

minimum of SIX specific countries, bodies of water, continents, OR other locations referred to in the video--SIX locations total. There are two possible routes that the earliest humans took out of Africa. One was North of the Red Sea across the Sues and into the Middle East but this route would have been less successful due to the fact that they would have had to cross the Sahara Desert where it was drier than it is today. The other route was more probable and more successful and it was started…

The Silk Road is the most well-know trading route in Eurasia that mixed products and religions across a wide range of cultures and people. Around the first century BCE many trade routes stretching from China to Central Asia merged into one large interconnected route. It allowed other countries to experience new things from different cultures. The Silk Road was the major route of the new wave of religion. It opened long-distance economic relations between civilizations. The silk road did not…