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Main focus are Roads - Silk road -Sea Road - Sand Road Road's contributions -Goods/objects -Culture -Religion -Disease Silk Road (Nations/regions Involved) - China -India -Middle east -mediterranean Forest lands of Siberia and grasslands of Central Asia (Products/Good) -Silk, Bamboo, mirrors, gun powder, paper, rhubarb, ginger... -furs, walrus tusks, amber, livestock, horses, falcons, hides... -cotton, textiles, herbal medicine, precious stones, spices... -dates, nuts, dried fruit, dyes, lapis lazuli, swords... -gold coins, glassware, glazes, grapevines, jewelry... Sea Roads -Took place mostly in the Indian ocean - Most places were the Mediterranean and south east Asia -Allowed religion and culture to spread Marco Polo Sand roads -also known as the Trans-Saharan Roads -took place mostly in Northern and western Africa  

Class and Slavery  Chinese, French, Russian revolution challenged and destroyed ancient monarchy and class hierarchies; the abolishment movement of the nineteenth century attacked slavery and the women's role/purpose China Han dynasty tried to chose officials through performance and merit Some were chosen still due to wealth and connections Land was a sign on power and strength Peasants had a rough life  Merchants were often used and treated poorly  India  Cast System was taken serious  Birth decided most of the class people will be living/belonging in India had many different types of hierarchy  Many of these Hierarchy often fought with each other to see which was more superior   Within the classes many could only have certain jobs  Roman Empire  Slavery was very common Slaves were often treated and though of animals  Slaves helped pave the Roman Empire and the Wester Civilization  Were used ...

During Asia and across the world religions and their culture has been spread across the world and are even used till this day. Now in chapter 4 we are specifically looking at the whole asian continent as its religions and culture are the main focus. Two countries or nations are being talked about currently in the beginning of the chapter and it is China and India. China with Confucius and Buddhism changed the world in that region as it lead to many varieties of trying to find an answer through religion, Confucius, legal, common sense. This lead to many ideas about hierarchy, war, genders and other things due to religion. Now when it comes to another country is India as it is very religious and has many ideas especially when it comes to violence. In india the religions were split up and many had other religions like the Gods they believe in. India wasn't Buddhist as they believed in hinduism which has a founder and takes up most of what other religion has but with more gods. Now goi...

The ancient empires were not isolated as they each influenced each other, as many empires often had wars, trade or immigration, which allowed the possibility of spreading stories, religion and history with one another. Now these documents go further in depth as they talk about Greek and Persia's history, being told by a wealthy greek male. Named Herodotus, he wrote down the history during that time period which eventually was set as the first proof of history to the western world. He records the Persians as such great people through their religion, teachings and how humane they are. For religion they do not worship in temples, or altars but in holy places on the land. Not worshiping specific Gods but for the natural occurrences on the earth such as wind, sunlight, and the ocean. When they do worship they sacrifice an animal which varies on the status but they do not sacrifice the animal for their selfish desires but for the king, the people, and the empire itself. Secondly, they do...

Part 2 Civilizations will always evolve and wether it is good or bad really depends during that time period and what the civilizations were going through. Some societies evolved and it was for good wether it was in weapons, agriculture or even war. But there were some societies that devolved due to being conquered or being looked as weak compared to other big nations. Empires were very vast within the ancient times. Four empires rules from Asia to the mediterranean. All of these empires were great in power but all had down falls, each of these empires ruled at different times and even with each other. Now as these empires were developing or were at their peaks they all evolved or devolved in some way. Now lets focus in the mediterranean as two major empires were there, which were the Persians and greeks. As these two empires were established within the same region which caused major problems, one of which is 300 the movie of spartans versus Xerxes. Now some of that movie is fake...

2. Considering accessibility: Do you find the art of civilizations, such as that of the Indus valley, more accessible to modern people than artistic products of earlier eras? Is is possible to speak of artistic "progress" or "development" or shoulder we be content with simply noticing the differences? Yes I find tis art more accessible to modern people that artistic products of earlier eras for many reasons. One reason I say this is because you can see how homo sapiens evolved mentally from the beginning to now. Art and other artifacts were very simply made, with less detail and more mysteriously. Now I say that because as people evolved so did their brains and way of thinking. Now as they continued to evolve their arts and whatever crafts grew too. Now the art in the Indus Valley are less confusing to what the meaning was and it told a story no matter how big or small in value. It allowed scholars to get a glimpse into how their society ran. Now if you compare th...