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    Between 1200CE-1500CE, the Mongol Empire affected Eurasia through facilitating trade, exchanging money, collecting tribute, spreading the plague, diffusing technology, eradicating bandits on trade networks, and attacking the city of Caffa along with their influence on the acceleration of the Black Death plague. Insert Contextualization paragraph about Aztecs, Incas in the Americas One major effect of Mongol expansion on Eurasia was the Mongols’ Facilitation of Trade. This effect is similar to how

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    for a half-ounce letter. At $23 in current dollars, it was not a service that was affordable for ordinary folks…First undertaken privately and then under government contract, the Pony Express lasted from April 3, 1860, to October 24, 1861.” The overland stage coach

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    Justin Cohen AP Literature & Composition Mr. Gordon 5 September 2017 The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead: An Analysis (1) Toni Morrison’s Beloved takes place after the Civil War during the Reconstruction era, when the violent oppression of the black race continued, with flashbacks to the horrific trauma of the early 19th century slavery period. In Margaret Atwood’s review of Beloved in The New York Times dated September 13, 1987, many of the events in this novel appear to parallel the

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    Maritime System was a society of seafarers established across the IndianOcean and South China Sea. • This trade system linked a network of sea trade routes from Africa to China. The main playerswere

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    Question: With the collapse of the classical civilizations, post-classical civilizations arose shortly thereafter. Compare the factors that led to the rise post-classical civilizations from 500 CE to 1200CE between two of the following regions- Europe, East Asia, Africa or the Middle East. Model Essay Comparison Essay Post-Classical Civilizations With the collapse of the Roman, Gupta and Han empires, the world was left in a period of chaos with little structure in most areas. However after

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    At the time of European settlement, the belief held by the invading people was that the Indigenous People were simple and uncivilised given the lack of technological advances and any relatable society links. However, this view was entirely misplaced with respect the Australian Indigenous People who “had a rich system of kinship, … trading networks and well developed systems of governance with complex interlocking rights, responsibilities, privileges and entitlements to the land.” (Henry, 2013) For

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    envisioning the interconnected future that is in the making”(Liu X). Therefore, the complex trading network The Silk Road was the perfect subject, which not only geographically connected the East and the West, but also considered as “a system of commercial routes” (Liu 10). More importantly, the Silk Road was the symbol of cultural exchange and power authority throughout the large territory it linked. That is to say, the story of The Silk Road is actually power struggle within the aspects of silk, religions

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    Individuals have been deforesting the Earth for a large number of years, fundamentally to clear land for yields or domesticated animals. "Deforestation" is the lasting devastation of timberlands with a specific end goal to make the area accessible for different uses; what's more, as indicated by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization an expected 18 million sections of land of backwoods, which is generally the nation's extent of Panama, are lost every year; Although tropical woods are

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    The Columbian Exchange began in 1492 with the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World because he was searching for an all-water trade route to the precious spices in Asia. As with any new discovery of land, positive and negative effects occurred. Negatives included the spread of disease and slavery, whereas positives consisted of better education, the upward mobility of social classes, and the spread of Western Civilization in the New World. The spread of diseases between the New and Old

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    Shipping industry is a huge field that widely expand all over the world. “Almost all international trade in goods is transported by sea. Ocean shipping plays a central and essential role in the world economy and in world trade. In recent years, international trade has become a dominant factor in economic growth for most industrialized countries. Many newly industrialized countries have become so through major trade growth.” (Fearnleys, 1982) However, without our noticed, the increase the technology

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