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Silk And Spice Trade
2,030 wordsThe establishment and impact of the Silk and Spice trade The establishment of silk garments in Asia first came about when the silkworm, Bomb mori (moth) residing in the family Bombycid ae, was first discovered for its thread by a great dynasty of China the Han Dynasty (206 BC AD 220). The silk has a continuous-filament fiber consisting of fibroin protein secreted from two salivary glands in the head of each larvae, and a gum called sericin, which cements the two filaments together. Silk weaving ...
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Han Dynasty Nomadic Tribes
1,629 wordsThe greatest East-West trade route, The Silk Road, was named so by the German scholar Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen in the middle of the 19 th century. Later on it became the information super highway of its age, serving to trade not only goods but also knowledge and ideas between Western and Eastern civilizations. 1. The Silk Road was founded in the second century BC for military and political purpose instead of for trade. A court official named Zhang Qian was sent to the Western Regions by Ha...
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Han Dynasty Roman Empire
454 wordsThe Silk Road is the most well-known trading route of ancient Chinese civilization. Trade in silk grew under the Han Dynasty in the first and second centuries. Originally, the Chinese trade silk internally, within the empire. Caravans from the empires interior would carry silk to the western edges of the region. Often small Central Asian tribes would attack these caravans hoping to capture the traders valuable commodities. As a result, the Han Dynasty extended its military defenses further into ...
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Vice President Al Gore Op Cit P
10,452 wordsAbstract Since the late 1970 s, requirements to have government health warnings on cigarette advertisements and restrictions by the Advertising Standards Authority on associating smoking with glamorous lifestyle, have been accompanied by the development of surrealist advertising, particularly by Gallaher with their Silk Cut and Benson and Hedges brands. This chapter proposes that elements of the tobacco industry, having long recognised the power of sexuality in advertising, have now tapped into ...
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Fall Of The Roman Empire Han Dynasty
2,037 wordsThe establishment and impact of the Silk and Spice trade The establishment of silk garments in Asia first came about when the silkworm, Bomb mori (moth) residing in the family Bombycid ae, was first discovered for its thread by a great dynasty of China? the Han Dynasty (206 BC? AD 220). The silk has a continuous-filament fiber consisting of fibroin protein secreted from two salivary glands in the head of each larvae, and a gum called sericin, which cements the two filaments together. Silk weavin...
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