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    song, they went on extensive over sea trades, especially in the Indian Ocean. China was the world leader in almost everything, especially naval technology, no other culture or kingdom proved their ships to be as seaworthy. They traveled all along the Arabian Peninsula but did the majority of their trading in the posts of Southeast Asia and India. In the thirteenth century a man named Zhau Rugua was the inspector of foreign trade for the province of Fujian in South China, his real job was to…

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    (a) What is the connection between China and the Brazilian Amazon? (2 points) Chinas growing population has caused an increase in demand for food products including meat. The increase in demand for meat has caused Chinese cattle herders to increase the number of animals that graze on the available grassland. This increase has caused significant overgrazing and loss of available land used by herders. The loss of available grazing land has facilitated the transition to including more chicken…

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    Name:Nat Paulsen From:The United States Occupation:Teacher Visiting the Tomb of King Nanyue is like traveling back in time a thousand years Introduction: Nat is from America, but considered a local already by most around him. Nat admires the foreign art that has been transported along the Maritime Silk Road centuries ago while visiting the museum of the Tomb of King Nanyue. After graduating 7 years ago from his university in Los Angeles, Nat came to Guangzhou because of a work opportunity. He…

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    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…

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    Please include a 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…

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    greater international interactions facilitated the growth of trade. The products exported from China were very high quality specialized goods and commercial crops, like silk, porcelain, and oranges. China’s control of the trade networks directed the flow of wealth and intellectual achievement for centuries. China’s state-of-the-art goods attracted traders from across the continent. This paper will examine why China dominated Indian Ocean trade networks during the Tang and Song dynasties. A…

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    Tea was an addiction among many drinkers from China to all the way to Europe. It was considered an alternative to water. It had a major impact on trade and was one of the many goods that dominated the global market. Tea played an important role in British imperialism and was involved in political affairs. It was also part of the daily lives people and assimilated to different cultures in parts of the world such as England. The origin of tea is unknown and was domesticated thousands of years…

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    ports were Montego Bay, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. We had four sea days and three port days. The days at sea were very different than the days at port. My favorite day out of all seven days was the fourth day. The fourth day we stopped at Grand Cayman. Grand Cayman was beautiful. I was also very excited because we were planning on going snorkeling and swimming with stingrays! I was going to spend the majority of the day in the Caribbean Sea. We got off the ship at seven o’clock in the morning.…

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    Then, we sailed to Rio DE Janiero our first stop for supplies on July 23, 1943. Another stop was August 1, 1943, we stopped at Capetown, South Africa, for more supplies, leaving Capetown the same day we set sail for Bombay, India. Longing for land we spent 32 days at sea, we finally arrive at Bombay, August 12, 1943. However, we spent two days in Bombay, we boarded a train, and went to Camp Monroe in Deoali. Again, we boarded two river boats the Sikh…

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    similar to imported quotas except for the fact that they place an exact limit on the number of items brought in. Germany exports and imports with countries all around the world. The top five export partners are France, United States, United Kingdom, China, and the Netherlands. This is what composes the movement in the country of…

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