Han China Essay

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Reading: Monday Describe how the classical societies of Han China, Bactria (part of the Persian Empire), India, Central Asia, Egypt and the Mediterranean basin all engaged in trade with each other along the Silk Roads. Be sure to note how organization aided the long-distance trade. The classical societies all engaged in trade via the Silk Road. The Silk Road was an ancient system of trade routes that connected West and East by merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, and nomadss from China and India to the Mediterranean Sea The Silk road derives its name from the trade of Chinese silk during the Han dynasty. The Chinese took great interest in the safety of their trade products and extended the Great Wall of China to ensure the protection of the trade route. The organization of the various countries that traded on the Silk Road allowed trade to extended over long distances by exchanging goods from regions at multiple stops. A web of traders formed and allowed goods to travel to every region. Tuesday Explain the spread of the following terms along the silk roads: Buddhism, Christianity, Manichaeism, Epidemic Diseases Buddhism spread to central Asia and to China. Nomadic Manichaeism was the faith came from the prophet Mani, a Zoroastrian in Mesopotamia.Mani drew was influenced from Christianity and Buddhism. Because of the intense interaction between peoples of different societies, Mani saw a need for a prophet for all humanity, and he wanted blend of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Buddhist elements as a religious faith. Mani viewed the world as good and evil. He associated light with spirituality and darkness with the material world. His followers should reject world pleasures, which prevented rise toward the light. His ideas offered a rational explanation for the presence of good and evil in the world while also providing a way for people to achieve personal

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