trade routes

"The Northwest Passage has captured the imagination of nations and explorers for hundreds of years. And today, as global warming reshapes geography, trade along the passage is becoming a reality for the first time. The Northwest Passage provides a sweeping history of the route from the earliest attempts to navigate through its punishing landscape to breaking news about its economic viability in modern day."--Amazon.

"From ancient laws laid down by King Hammurabi, through the mighty Persian empire, terrifying Huns, and the rise of Europe, to two world wars and politics today, "The Silk Roads" moves through time and history sewing together threads from different peoples, empires, and continents into a broad-spanning history"--Back cover.

Provides an overview of the history, geography, and people of the Silk Road region and presents twenty projects to help students learn more about the topic.

Describes the cultural style exhibited by the people who lived along the ancient trading routes, which linked East with West.

Traces the history and purpose of the legendary trade route between China and Byzantium during the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906).

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"Our world was made on and by the Silk Roads. For millennia it was here that East and West encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas and cultures, the birth of the world's great religions, the appetites for foreign goods that drove economies and the growth of nations. From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the growth of Greece and Rome to the depredations by the Mongols and the Black Death to the Great Game and the fall of Communism, the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East. The Silk Roads vividly captures the importance of the networks that crisscrossed the spine of Asia and linked the Atlantic with the Pacific, the Mediterranean with India, America with the Persian Gulf. By way of events as disparate as the American Revolution and the horrific world wars of the twentieth century, Peter Frankopan realigns the world, orientating us eastwards, and illuminating how even the rise of the West 500 years ago resulted from its efforts to gain access to and control these Eurasian trading networks. In an increasingly globalized planet, where current events in Asia and the Middle East dominate the world's attention, this magnificent work of history is very much a work of our times" --.

"Between the sixth and sixteenth centuries, trade flourished between sub-Saharan Africa and Arab cultures. Traders exchanged gold, slaves, cloth, and salt along the trans-Saharan routes. This trade was directly responsible for seismic shifts in African economies and the foundation of new empires. Trans-Saharan Trade Routes explores how this complex trade network shaped the history of Africa, the Middle East, and Europe."--Amazon.

"The earliest trade between India and other cultures took place through both overland and sea routes. The end of the Silk Road inspired the European Age of Discovery in which explorers attempted to find new ways to reach India. Indias gems, raw materials, and handmade goods were an alluring prospect to these explorers. "Trade Routes to India" provides an in-depth look at the politics, economic factors, technology, and people behind what ultimately became the race to the New World"--Amazon.com.