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Silk Road DBQ   The Silk Road in World History (Suggested writing time – 40 minutes) You should spend at least 10 minutes reading, analyzing, and grouping the sources.   Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1-6. (The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) Write your answer on the lined pages of the Section II free-response booklet. This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay

sometimes, even if people usually tend to save money, or bargon. In a short story by Kate Chopin called “ A Pair of Silk Stockings, “ the main character named Mrs Sommer’s is given 15$, and was suppose to spend the money on her children for clothes, but instead spended it on herself for a pair of silk stockings. Mrs. Sommer’s catches herself looking at a pair of silk stocking’s while out shopping, and is suppose to be getting clothes and such for her children. But what really happens is

& Key Research Q’s Spider silk What is spider silk? Spider silk is a protein fibre spun by spiders themselves. Spider silk is used by spiders to help them with daily activities such as catching prey, creating nests and/or cocoons, or to wrap up prey. Spiders also use the silk to suspend themselves in midair, which help them escape from potential predators. The stickiness and thickness of the silk is mainly dependent on the type of spiders creating it, and the type of silk being created in some cases

Characterized by the existence of their efficient economy, the Byzantine empire is regarded as one of the most successful imperiums to thrive on the face of the earth. With countless factors contributing to their prosperity, the fundamental cause for their success was the amount of wealth they possessed throughout their reign. Compared to western culture, the Byzantines were unsurpassed, possessing a large amount of visible wealth. The lively markets and active traders were able to develop the economy

Long distance trading had made it possible for people from different cultures to interact. Silk roads were one of the famous trade routes that were used in the ancient time. It stretched from China to central Asia and westward. It merged into one big series of routes. Traders traveled segments of the route, passing their goods on to others who took them further along the road, and in turn, passed them on again. The effect of long-distance exchanges altered the political geography of Afro-Eurasia

expressing the silk gene (Web Spinning Goat). They also can take fertilized eggs and insert the gene using metal inserters. (Web Spinning Goat). “There is a gene that helps with gene expression by only expressing traits in the mammary glands when the goat is lactating. This means that the goat will only produce silk when it is lactating/being milked (Lewis)” (Web Spinning Goat). This idea works because the way mammals produce milk is similar to how the silk gene is produced in spiders. To obtain silk all that

other as a threat. Another important thing to note here is that the twenty four letters were “attached to a bolt of heavy damask” . In that particular period silk was considered very special and it represented wealth. The Chinese also used to use silks as “effective economic inducements when conducting diplomacy with nomadic people” (Silks and Religions in Eurasia, C. A.D. 600-1200). Yabgu Khan was presented with five hundred bolts of damask as a sign of goodwill. The account of Yabgu Khan’s interaction

Both the Romans and the Han Dynasty Chinese had a lot in common even though they lived thousands of miles apart, but had many differences as well. Both civilizations lasted hundreds of years and accumulated each a population of more than fifty to sixty million inhabitants. While the two developed around the same time frame they spoke different languages, had different governments, and different ways of living. Their main way of food was agriculture. Both great civilizations had perfected the ways

history” (Sugimura & Umesao 21). One such road, known as the Silk Road, contributed inestimably to the ancient world of Eurasia and played a significant role in both “cultural and commercial advancements” (Sugimura & Umesao i). This route promoted a network of trade of not only goods and merchandise, but also new ideas and techniques all of which were brought to various regions especially during the Tang dynasty. Because of trade and the Silk Road, cultural exchanges were made possible and “western countries

of them being Emperor Wu who created trade routes, which established the Silk Road. The road allowed for China and India to trade and it later expanded when Emperor Wu established foreign trade routes with other countries. Emperor Wu and the Han Dynasty established the Silk Roads, the invention of paper and gunpowder, religion, improvement of technology, and their military. Established during the Han Dynasty, the Silk Road was a system of trade routes, which linked regions to each other, which