Global Trade Routes
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There is extensive artistic talents being traded during this time due to the trade routes. China and pottery skills are being traded from East to West.
Artistic innovations can be seen from the great amount of artwork and architecture, especially in the Middle East and China. Also, these trade routes
crossed a variety of geographies. They crossed oceans, hot deserts, and cold plains. With the innovation of roads, dramatically changed the terrain of the geography to a more convient flatter surface which can still be seen today. Military Strength was increased as countries tried to keep power over the trade routes and to enforce safety. Also, Europe increased its naval power as it tried to go around the Middle East so they could buy from China and India themselves. Technological innovations aloud this to happen as guns and cannons were now more effective in battle. The idea of better weaponery then the enemy transformed in this era which were the ancestors to today's modern warfare of nuclear weapons and machine guns. Furthemore, there is a lot of social stratification because the wealthy can afford to buy the luxury goods from the trade routes while the poorer people cannot. This creates a divide. One can immediately see who is wealthy and who isn't by what clothes they have on. This can still be seen today as high priced products are marketable only to those who can afford them.
During this time there are great leaders in the Middle East and China who have control over the trade routes, whereas, in Europe the country is broken up into many feudal states. Political tensions are high as Europe tries to find away around the Middle East to get away from their high prices which leads to the great expeditions of the new world. Furthermore, there are four main religions at this time: in India the popular religion is Hinduism; in China, Daoism; in the Middle East, Islam; in Europe, Christianity. The trade routes helped the spread of these religions, especially Islam and Christianity. At this time China had the most innovations, and Europe had the least amount due to its decline. In China, education is thought highly of whereas in Europe, only the wealthy can afford to go to school; most people are illiterate. However, this changes as the economy and job markets allow only those with an education to get a job and therefore more well off than those that do not recieve an education or are illerate. Innovations were mainly swapped between the Islamic Middle East and China which allowed innovations to be perfected like paper mills, guns, and cannons. There are many technologies at this time, however, mostly seen in China and the Islamic civilizations and some to which are still used todaylike alcohol, surgical intrumensts, modern soap, mechanical clocks and many more. The trade routes also helped countries gain wealth. Europe rapidly started to grow when they started using the Silk Road to trade with the Middle East and China because the excess wealth led to the accumulation of food supplies which the leftover money was used for scientific discoveries. This therefore increased the wealth of all
countries involved with the trade routes.
Artistic innovations can be seen from the great amount of artwork and architecture, especially in the Middle East and China. Also, these trade routes
crossed a variety of geographies. They crossed oceans, hot deserts, and cold plains. With the innovation of roads, dramatically changed the terrain of the geography to a more convient flatter surface which can still be seen today. Military Strength was increased as countries tried to keep power over the trade routes and to enforce safety. Also, Europe increased its naval power as it tried to go around the Middle East so they could buy from China and India themselves. Technological innovations aloud this to happen as guns and cannons were now more effective in battle. The idea of better weaponery then the enemy transformed in this era which were the ancestors to today's modern warfare of nuclear weapons and machine guns. Furthemore, there is a lot of social stratification because the wealthy can afford to buy the luxury goods from the trade routes while the poorer people cannot. This creates a divide. One can immediately see who is wealthy and who isn't by what clothes they have on. This can still be seen today as high priced products are marketable only to those who can afford them.
During this time there are great leaders in the Middle East and China who have control over the trade routes, whereas, in Europe the country is broken up into many feudal states. Political tensions are high as Europe tries to find away around the Middle East to get away from their high prices which leads to the great expeditions of the new world. Furthermore, there are four main religions at this time: in India the popular religion is Hinduism; in China, Daoism; in the Middle East, Islam; in Europe, Christianity. The trade routes helped the spread of these religions, especially Islam and Christianity. At this time China had the most innovations, and Europe had the least amount due to its decline. In China, education is thought highly of whereas in Europe, only the wealthy can afford to go to school; most people are illiterate. However, this changes as the economy and job markets allow only those with an education to get a job and therefore more well off than those that do not recieve an education or are illerate. Innovations were mainly swapped between the Islamic Middle East and China which allowed innovations to be perfected like paper mills, guns, and cannons. There are many technologies at this time, however, mostly seen in China and the Islamic civilizations and some to which are still used todaylike alcohol, surgical intrumensts, modern soap, mechanical clocks and many more. The trade routes also helped countries gain wealth. Europe rapidly started to grow when they started using the Silk Road to trade with the Middle East and China because the excess wealth led to the accumulation of food supplies which the leftover money was used for scientific discoveries. This therefore increased the wealth of all
countries involved with the trade routes.