West asia

technology promoted the most change in China. The techniques for smelting copper and tin, along with the knowledge of bronze casting, streamed into China from the West on the Silk Road (Higham). A major part in weaponry development, smelting of copper and tin later led to the information on iron techniques circulating into China from the west in the early ages of the first millennium BCE (Higham). The understanding of iron working proved crucial to later conflicts between provincial lords. Many ores

advancing of under-developed countries, however it can harm them too if they let the other parties involved take advantage. Humans have interacted over long distances for thousands of years, from the silk roads that connected Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, to a business meeting held on Skype, by employees scattered in different contents, all across the world. Globalization can erode and universalize the characteristics of a local group. Advances in transportation and telecommunications infrastructure

Before 1450, there were three distinct sections of the world. Europe, Africa, and America. They all had smaller communities of people with distinct languages, crafts, diets, and traditions. However, things were about to change. All it took to dramatically alter the lives of every human on earth was one man and three ships set to sail for India. These ships intended to find a better route to trade, but got a bit more than they had bargained for. The discovery of spices, metals, and fabrics as well

for the entire world, including rapid developments in trade, knowledge, agriculture, technology, and culture within a couple millennium. It primarily took place in the Eastern Hemisphere, more specifically in India, the Middle East, and Asia; beginning in Southern Asia. Southernization was prominent in the south due to the suitable climates for many crops; it created a prosperous south that was constantly in contact and development, becoming more advanced and prominent in society. Cotton, first domesticated

explorers should be glorified but others disagree. Some positive effects are that he Europeans learned many Spanish trades, got many foods from the Columbian Exchange that we use today, and Portuguese explorer Magellan connected Europe with Asia by sailing west. One last reason that shows European explorers should be glorified today is that the Europeans made the ideas of human rights that America uses today. However there are more negative reasons that show that European explorers should not be

in the memoir as an important place when he crossed to Africa. In 1854 Ferdinand de Lesseps, a French former diplomat, persuaded the Viceroy of Egypt to permit the construction of a shipping canal through the 100 miles of desert between Africa and Asia. A prospectus was circulated and on December 20, 1858 the Universal Company of the Suez Maritime Canal was constituted. It was officially opened in November 1869 although the Suez Canal wasn’t officially completed. Its length is 193,30 km, including

since the Silk Road in 206 BC promoting cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the West and East by linking traders, merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, nomads and urban dwellers from China to the Mediterranean Sea. The silk trade brought a new type of clothing from China to Europe that was exclusive to the rich. So changed the culture across Europe and Asia by making a noticeable change that only the rich wore these nice soft and colorful clothes while the poor continued

In the early post-classical period, the Mediterranean Sea trade route and the Indian Ocean trade route flourished. Although both the Mediterranean Sea trade route and the Indian Ocean Maritime trade route persisted to deliver goods to diverse ports by way of sea, such as India’s transmission of manufactured goods, such as pottery produced by Burma, to several distinct ports, the volume and whereabouts of each particular trade route and the development of people’s characteristics due to trade varied

The Asian Art Museum offered a plethora of antique art-pieces from South Asia, the Persian world, West Asia, the Himalayas, and the Tibetan Buddhist world, covering 6000 years of art and culture. There are pieces that stand out more than others, for my case, these two pieces were The Ritual Wine Vessel (so-called yayi jia) and the Hindu Deity Vishnu. The Ritual Wine Vessel, made from bronze, dates back to 1300-1050 BCE, laying within the Chinese Shang dynasty (approx. 1600-1050 BCE). This piece was

Orientalism has led to a false representation of Asia and the people who come from and live there. Due to these false assumptions of how Asians are portrayed as, many Asian-Americans have struggled with their lives. These struggles ranged from some being persecuted for being a certain race and others for finding it hard to see themselves being represented fairly in media. Asian-Americans have been largely misrepresented and are seen as the “Others”. However, many Asian-American artist, all with different