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The world before the 1500’s had many obvious problems and inefficient ways that we find quite simple in today’s modern times. Communication is the most noticeable one. Messages from far lands could take months to deliver. By the time a voyage is completed, many events have happened. In today’s society, one could find information on the internet in seconds from the opposite end of the planet. Huge problems arose in the previous centuries making fallacies and assumptions of foreign lands. Many of…

and Essex were 96% for a Silk factory while the percentage of men in these towns were 4%.The normal hours of English female worker was somewhere from 15-17 hours a day, and that would mean she works over 100 hours in a week! On Sundays they would be considered off-days. People who worked in factories also did not receive days off on holidays.The percentage of female workers in Japan are 92% for 205 silk mill factories. This means that there were only 4% men working in silk factories. The…

The Egyptian and Chinese Civilizations The Egyptian and Chinese civilizations were two of the most memorable civilizations in world history. Both of them were able to contribute various accomplishments that created remarkable effects on the current modern civilization. Although the Egyptian and Chinese civilizations were established independently from one another, these civilizations had a lot of similarities in the way that their respective rulers managed their territory as well as the way…

accomplishments of the Han dynasty was created, the Silk Road. The Silk Road was created in 138 bce after Emperor Wu sent a messenger to get help defending his territories from threatening neighbors. It was on this trip his messenger found the most effective route all while coming in contact with many different cultures. This route was soon an established road used for trade stretching from China and all the way to the Roman Empire. The impacts brought by the Silk Road is still seen today…

as much “cargo as a very large European sailing ship” (Solomon, 134-135). As a result of this, Arab traders were very successful throughout the Islamic controlled lands between Spain and the Indus River. They became prominent traders throughout the Silk Road, and “after about 1000, European vessels from the Republic of Venice… increasingly handled the final transshipments from Alexandria and other Arab ports throughout the Mediterranean in commercial alliances that often transcended religious…

they were more visible. Silk stockings in all the colors of the rainbow, often with patterns, were designed to match the outfits of stylish women. (History1900s,…

Both wear their traditional and official robes which tell of a higher status and political significance they had in life and their respective cultures. Sin Sukju is depicted wearing his official robes and a black silk hat on his head. He also wears a rank badge on his chest depicting a pair of peacocks amongst clouds and flowers in gold embroidery, this shows his status as a civil official in the government. In Chairman Mao’s portrait, he wears traditional Confucian…

Let us begin by considering how our heroes position themselves as pedagogues. Prescott and Silk spend their days passing culturally important information to the young minds in their care. While it is an exaggeration to say that they indoctrinate their students into adopting their own class values, it is certainly true that they both represent and pass on the culturally accepted knowledge and value judgements that pervades New England culture during their respective tenures. In his “The Upper…

The open boarders helped China with trading and the silk road. The silk road ran through the borders so people could come from different places and trade lots of different things. The open boarders also had some negatives. They caused attackers to come into China from the north and attack them. The open boarders…

forced to fight with improperly arranged cravats after a surprise attack from the enemy. Bridging the gap between function and style, the steinkirk remained in the realm of men’s fashion for over a century. Further south, the Spanish mantilla, a lace or silk shawl worn over the head and shoulders, grew in popularity with women during the 17th and 18th centuries. Some historians believe they may have originated in the Andalusia region in the 1500s, influenced by Muslim women from neighbouring areas…