Intro to Part Three:
The BIG picture -
I. It is difficult to see when one phase of human history ends and another begins
II. Third-Wave Civilizations: Something New, Something Old, Something Blended
III. The Ties That Bind: Transregional Interactions in the Third-Wave Era
Part 3 is about these 3 main points above. It is interesting how point number II is worded, "Something New, Something Old, Something Blended." I like this because it does a great job of summing up what Part Three in the book will be about.
Chapter 7: Commerce and Culture
Silk Road - the famous commercial network that linked civilizations of the western and eastern Eurasia. There is an image in the book showing the Tang dynasty riding on a camel while they travel Silk Road. Silk Road grew and grew, what was known as the "economic exchange along Silk Roads: included different areas specializing in different things. The areas regional areas were: China, Forest lands of Siberia and grasslands of Central Asia, India, Middle East, and Mediterranean basin.
In 500-1500 C.E. long-distance trade became more important, this also helped improve ways of network communication and exchanges across the Afro-Eurasian world. Trade proves to be so significant to civilizations no matter what the time period or era. Trade meant that a civilization had value or something to offer along with being able to interact with other civilizations.
Along the Silk Roads brought culture. One of the cultures being Dunhuang, located in western China at a Silk Road trading network. Dunhuang was also the center of Buddhist. With culture in transit also brought disease in transit. Long-distance trade meant exposure to unfamiliar diseases that would spread and spread among people leading to large amounts of death.
The Indian Ocean, known as Sea Roads, was also a focal point for trading in the: Mediterranean basin, East Africa, Arabia, India, Southeast Asia, and China. Hinduism was found in Southeast Asia throughout the trade going on in Sea Roads.
The next point of trade is what we know as Sand Roads. In the Sand Roads trade consisted across the Sahara, selling items like gold, salt, and slaves.
Lastly was the American Network. That was the Commerce and Connection in the Western Hemisphere. Before the voyages of Columbus, there was no real interaction of trade between the Western and Eastern hemispheres. Trade for the Americans was not as dense as Afro-Eurasian ones either. There was interactive web trade was with the Great Lakes to the Andes. The most prominent network trade was in the Mesoamerica region.
It's interesting reading this chapter because it shows how trade holds so much power to regions and civilizations. It shows how over time trade became that much more important and utilized. It carried large pieces of history that we wouldn't have without this type of trade and regions formulating and happening.
The BIG picture -
I. It is difficult to see when one phase of human history ends and another begins
II. Third-Wave Civilizations: Something New, Something Old, Something Blended
III. The Ties That Bind: Transregional Interactions in the Third-Wave Era
Part 3 is about these 3 main points above. It is interesting how point number II is worded, "Something New, Something Old, Something Blended." I like this because it does a great job of summing up what Part Three in the book will be about.
Chapter 7: Commerce and Culture
Silk Road - the famous commercial network that linked civilizations of the western and eastern Eurasia. There is an image in the book showing the Tang dynasty riding on a camel while they travel Silk Road. Silk Road grew and grew, what was known as the "economic exchange along Silk Roads: included different areas specializing in different things. The areas regional areas were: China, Forest lands of Siberia and grasslands of Central Asia, India, Middle East, and Mediterranean basin.
In 500-1500 C.E. long-distance trade became more important, this also helped improve ways of network communication and exchanges across the Afro-Eurasian world. Trade proves to be so significant to civilizations no matter what the time period or era. Trade meant that a civilization had value or something to offer along with being able to interact with other civilizations.
Along the Silk Roads brought culture. One of the cultures being Dunhuang, located in western China at a Silk Road trading network. Dunhuang was also the center of Buddhist. With culture in transit also brought disease in transit. Long-distance trade meant exposure to unfamiliar diseases that would spread and spread among people leading to large amounts of death.
The Indian Ocean, known as Sea Roads, was also a focal point for trading in the: Mediterranean basin, East Africa, Arabia, India, Southeast Asia, and China. Hinduism was found in Southeast Asia throughout the trade going on in Sea Roads.
The next point of trade is what we know as Sand Roads. In the Sand Roads trade consisted across the Sahara, selling items like gold, salt, and slaves.
Lastly was the American Network. That was the Commerce and Connection in the Western Hemisphere. Before the voyages of Columbus, there was no real interaction of trade between the Western and Eastern hemispheres. Trade for the Americans was not as dense as Afro-Eurasian ones either. There was interactive web trade was with the Great Lakes to the Andes. The most prominent network trade was in the Mesoamerica region.
It's interesting reading this chapter because it shows how trade holds so much power to regions and civilizations. It shows how over time trade became that much more important and utilized. It carried large pieces of history that we wouldn't have without this type of trade and regions formulating and happening.
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