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Sugar cane is a type of grass, like corn, wheat, and other grains. Just like others plants, sugar cane manufactures sugar from water and sunlight.
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Bananas originated from a wild variety of tropical plants.Bananas spread as a crop and a food into China, and possibly in the Middle East during the Classical Era.
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Phoenicians were among the first to utilize this navigational tool along their travels across the oceans when no land was visible.
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This was an easy navigational tool that was used by Arab navigators.
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This is the beginning of Confucianism which was founded by the Chinese philosopher, Confucius. He believed in restoration and order of superior men.
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He was an admiral from the Phoenician city of Carthage who sailed around the western coast of Africa.
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This invention allowed camels to carry a bigger load which made trading as well as traveling a lot easier.
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Buddha makes its way to India around 430 BCE.
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He was an explorer and an officer in the navy who began a journey at the Indus River and led to the coastline to the straight of Hormuz and proceeded up to the Persian Gulf and continued to the Tigris River.
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Items including Chinese silks and porcelains could be carried the length of the network and were to be sold on the other side, in markets, such as Rome.
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Hinduism was the belief that believed in reincarnation, Karma, and the divinity of the four Vedas.
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A monsoon can e classified as a heavy wind that traveled southwest in the winter months and northeast in the summer.
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Cloves are dried flower buds that are taken from tropical evergreen clove trees. These trees are native to Indonesia in the Maluku islands and they can grow up to 30 feet tall. Cloves were used for cooking as well as medical purposes. Cloves were considered highly desired luxury items that were traded regularly usually along routes that stretched from Europe to China.
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He was an explorer and a pioneer of the "Silk Road." He also helped open up China to explore foreign lands and cultures.
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Rome wanted to establish dominance in the Mediterranean world, which resulted in the expansion of Romel.
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Diseases that were common in China and Rome include the bubonic plague, measles, and smallpox. These diseases caused China and Rome's population to decrease as well as caused the Roman Empire and the Han dynasty to weaken.
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Strabo was a scholar from Greece who would travel to Egypt and other great places of the world just so that he could collect sources that would then tell him where the best knowledge of the world was.
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He was a Roman general who overthrew the republic and was assassinated by senators.
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He was the first emperor of Rome.
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This road connected the Mediterranean, the middle east, India, central Asia, and China.This helped the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty to become wealthy which encouraged traders to travel to see these goods.
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The Kushan Gold Coin was the currency of the Indian Ocean. This gold coin came from the Kushan Empire.Those who were once part of the tribal group called the Yuezhi participated in overland trade with other important empires such as The Romans, the Hans, and the Parthians. Their empire was located along the Silk Road and the Indian Ocean, which allowed them direct access to the ports of the Arabian Peninsula.
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This helped increase trade.
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Hinduism and Buddism were two of the many religions spread due to the migration of people and by following the trade routes.
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With the beginning of the Tang and Song dynasties trade began to increase in this region.
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With the beginning of the Tang and Song dynasties trade began to increase in this region.