What did the Persians trade on the silk road?
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Why did the Chinese would want to keep the process of making silk and porcelain secret?
They didn't want people who were trading with them to know how they make money by silk making
A geographical feature of ancient China?
Gobi Desert, Himalayas, The Great Wall, Takla Makan Desert, Huang River, Yangtze River and the Pacific Ocean.
How did China get its name and how did China get its name in English?
The Chinese believed that their country was in the center of the world, so they called their country 中 国 (Zhong guo) which literally means 'middle country'. Early Chinese believed that China was the center of civilization.
The English name for China comes from the Qin (Meaning rice seedling) dynasty.
The West looked at China as Eastern Province and in Sanskrit, Eastern Province is called 'China' or china might have gotten its name from the first Emperor of China: Qin Shi-Huangdi. The word China could also be derived from chine meaning silk in French. Or it may come from Cina in Indian.
Who was the first emperor of China?
The first emperor of China was Qin Shi Huang(259 BCE - 210 BCE), also known as Shi Huang Di(Shi Huangdi) and Yin Zheng. He reigned from 221 BCE until his death.
Qing Shi Huang was mainly known for creating the first peaceful and "unified China" as China had many different warring states. Some of his well-known contributions are:
What is the main religon of Taiwan?
Buddhism.
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According to the CIA fact file, 90% of people in Hong Kong belong to "eclectic mixture of local religions" (no definition) and therother 10% are Christian.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html
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Is jump roping an ancient Chinese game?
It's unclear when jump roping began. According to the jump rope institue "The first concrete evidence of jump rope activity can be seen in medieval paintings where children roll hoops and jump rope down the cobblestone streets of Europe. Although, the exact origin of jump rope activity is unclear. Some date jump roping to ancient China; however, the Western versions probably originated from 1600 A.D. Egypt. What is known is that jump roping, in some form or another, spread through Europe to the Netherlands, and eventually to North America."
While it likely dates back to china no one is positive about this.
What were similarities an differences between the Tang and Yuan Dynasties?
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Who was the first President to visit Russia and China?
Richard Nixon in May of 1972 was the first to visit Russia while he was President.
John Quincy Adams lived in Russia from 1809 to 1814 while serving as the first US minister to Russia.
Mean he had a legalist government, forced slavery, killed Confucians, and was actually crazy from taking mercury pills for immortality.
What was traded on the silk road from east Asia?
silk, satin, other fine fabrics, musk and other perfumes, jewels, jade, ivory, glassware, gold, weapons, spices (salt, curry, black pepper, cinnamon, etc), dyes, flowers, furs, animals, tea, oils, slaves, medicine, and paper were some of the things traded.
How did the silk road affect trade?
The Silk Road trade resembles a chain because one merchant would buy a product off another and travel more down the Silk Road, let's say if all of the cheap silk is on the West part of Asia, a merchant would buy it and walk down the road and sell it for more then he bought it, the reason it's a chain is because merchants do it back and forth, the further they go, the more money it costs.
What was life like on the silk road?
The importance of the Silk Road was to bring money, goods, and more people into China from traders, or folks whom come to search for a better life style. Much like the Great Wall of China in a way, except the Great wall was to as well block out other bad, foe contries from entering. (Han dynasty extened the Great Wall of China, but he completely created the Silk Road.)
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Sazzy FlomeAre there any similarities between China and the US?
They are both so called democratic 'states' (taiwain is referred to as Republic of China). Both 'countries' depend on each other for trade and 'control'. Taiwan buys weapons from the US to protect themselves from a possible Chinese invasion. While US uses Taiwan as a base in Asia as a look-out base for China.
Both are developed MEDCs.
How many continents does the silk road go pass through?
The silk trading road can go anywhere from Asia to euro, or from Asia to India just depends on which route.
How was the silk road like eBay?
The silk road is similar to the internet because people learned from each other by communicating, and you can buy and trade goods just like you can now on Amazon.
What Asian country was acupuncture first practised in?
Acupuncture originated 5,000 years ago in China. Today it is commonly used throughout the world. Chinese medicine theory holds that the human body contains a network of energy pathways through which vital energy, called "chi" (also spelled "qi"), circulates. This information is courtesy of Natural Standard and rvita. See http://www.rvita.com, it has background on acupuncture and scientific trial information on what works.
The word originates in Asia. The Manchurian word is 'sirghe' and the Mongolian word is 'Sirkek' The word passed into Greek as 'serikos' via an oriental people from whom the Greeks obtained silk and smuggled the silk worms from China in the 1st century
The word silk originates from Ol' Spain.
What animals did they use on the silk road?
The various items that were traded on Ancient China's Silk Road were high priced goods such as silk, spices, tea, and porcelain. Expensive goods were only taken because merchants had to pay taxes to many kingdoms as they moved the goods East and West.
What did people trade at Dunhuang China on the silk road?
I would say silk and things to store or put water in because it was an oasis town and there was a long desert on te way to Rome or anywhere on the silk road
What did India trade on the silk road?
India on the ancient silk road traded sandalwood for Rome's olive oil and Saudi Arabia's cloves and especially spices.
When did Empress Wu rule China?
Wu was born in China during the Tang dynasty in A.D. 625. She and other rich noble women had more freedom than women did in earlier and later dynasties. Wu learned to play music and to read and write. At 13, she joined the imperial court. Soon, she became admired for intelligence and beauty. Wu married Kao Tsung a few years after he became emperor. When kao became paralyzed by a stroke, Wu took over the government. She protected her power as ruthlessly as any man of that time. She created a secret police force and killed many enemies, including three of her own children.. When Kao died, Wu made her youngest son the emperor because he obeyed her orders. In A.D. 690, Wu's son stepped down, and Wu became empress. People did not like women ruling directly. To help people accept her rule, Wu hired scholars to write about famous women. She also gave her mother's relatives powerful positions in government. During her rule Wu invited Scholars to China, built temples, and encouraged artists. She made the army smaller and made Buddhism the state religion. She also helped the peasants by increasing agricultural production and building public works like irrigation canals. In A.D. 705, Wu's third son pushed her out of power. And Wu, the only empress in China's history, died that same year.
How is cultural diffusion related to the silk road?
The Silk Road is an example of cultural diffusion because it is bringing items from one place and introducing to another