Trade has more similarities than differences across regions of the world for three major reasons similar good were traded, geographic location and culture/religion. A couple of reasons that supported my claim are document A and C carry salt , Also ore has been very common for Document A,C,F . Another Reason There goods are similar because their is gold in costa Rica and colombia also arabia and Ethiopia has frankincense and those items are very luxury and gold is a high currency . Last but not least Ethiopia and Adan distribute Frankincense . I got his information In document A,C,F. Culture religion “The spread of muslim and buddhism and Islam and other”. Other ways they traded religions somehow they showed each other their religion.Another
Doc. Box 3 mentions confucianism. Rome worships Christianity in the world. Hinduism is technically Buddhism. These reasons explain that trade was never JUST physical items, but ideas and beliefs as well.
Trade is the most common form of transferring ownership of a product. The concepts are very simple, I give you something (a good or service) and you give me something (a good or service) in return, everyone is happy. However, trade is not limited to two individuals. There are trades that happen outside national borders and we refer to that as international trading. Before a country does international trading, they do research to understand the opportunity costs and marginal costs of their production versus another countries production. Doing this we can increase profit, decrease costs and improve overall trade efficiency. Currently, there are negotiations going on between 11 countries about making a trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific
In conclusion, early Muslims had multitudinous connections with several religions as beneficial partners for trade, travel, and conquest. By analyzing each primary source, the benefits of having a relationship with different religions comes to light. Whether Muslims were interacting with Vikings, Jews, or Christians, establishing a friendly relationship allowed early Muslims to continue building stronger military forces, acquiring material goods, and avoid being raided by enemies. Each source provides different insight to how early Muslims thought and treated the religious groups they encountered.
of power. This was the case with Buddhism to start as it came into China by way of the
but display of religious ideas and movements outside of Asia. Specifically, the early religions of
In conclusion, the process of growth and expansion for both Eastern and Western religions has been a great journey. As mentioned before Eastern religions expanded in a very peaceful manner, while the growth and expansion of the Western religions was more violent. They both went through many changes and adaptions which included some blending of cultures and beliefs. In some cases the result was a new religion. In the end, both religions had to go through as process of great growth and expansion to become the World religions of today.
Throughout all of the above evidence, a common theme is demonstrated. Daily life was influenced by religion and philosophies in both India and China. Religion and philosophies affected
Canada is great economic superpower that has yet to reach its potential. As the second largest nation by area, we possess vast natural resources. We are a massive importer and exporter on the world stage, who a play a vital role in the stability of the northern hemisphere. Through Canada’s international trade, we export vast quantities of many different foods stuffs, minerals and manufactured goods like cars, while we tend to import lots of Iron, Aluminum and Steel. Our relations with neighbouring nations have been integral in the success of our trade. In 1994 Canada became a member of the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA with the US and Mexico. NAFTA reorganized Canada’s and America’s trading systems to work as one. The trade issue of recent months is about the rising costs of energy in Canada and in the United States. Newly elected President George W. Bush now is proposing a North American energy initiative for a continental power grid. This proposal puts Canada in a very uncomfortable situation. On the one hand we would love to share our resources and appease our super-power to the south. But on the other we prefer to leave our pristine land alone. The growing trend nowadays is that politicians are the ones wanting to please the Americans by giving away our resources, while it is the activist who is concerned about the vast environmental damage this energy legislation could entail.
Buddhism had existed in India for approximately one century, but the Silk Roads helped it spread to the rest of Asia. Although it was expelled from India by the Hindu majority, other places such as Japan, Tibet and Southeast Asian embraced Buddhism. The religion was extremely popular with the poor, since it offered enlightenment and salvation to any who would follow the proper steps. Buddhism appeared during the Tang Dynasty, but continued to spread once the Mongols adopted it. Christianity, also spread along the Silk Road; it had started in the former Western Roman Empire (where it had become the state religion), and spread as far east as the Byzantine Empire. While missionaries continued to spread Buddhism and Christianity, Islam spread much differently. Muslim congregations began to seize polytheistic cities and demand taxes from those who refused to convert. Merchants traveling and trading along the route were exposed to local beliefs and through their interactions with others these merchants helped spread Islam to Africa and
In today’s society, there are roughly around 4,200 religions that exist on this planet. Some define "religion" as a cultural system of behaviors and practices that help people make important decisions in life. Out of the many religions, Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism have many similarities that connect them to one another. Themes of morality, justice, love are found through both the Buddha's teaching and the Hebrew and Christian Bible.
In the pre-World War I period the data show us that the majority of the international trade were represented by dissimilar goods traded between developed and developing countries. More precisely, home developed countries like United Kingdom or Spain who owned enough capital for manufacturing, traded with developing countries (colonies) that were rich for natural resources but lacked the capital for manufacturing. The majority of the international
From the 1970s, there has been a wave of liberalization in China, which was introduced by Deng Xiaoping. This is one of the key reasons to the rise of China to be one of the economic giants in the world. In the last 25 years of the century, the Chinese economy has had massive economic growth, which has been 9.5 percent on a yearly basis. This has been of great significance of the country since it quadrupled the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country thus leading to saving of 400 million of their citizens from the threats of poverty. In the late 1970s, China was ranked twentieth in terms of trade volumes in the whole world as well as being predicted to be the world’s top nation concerning trading activities (Kaplan, 53). This further predicted the country to record the highest GDP growth in the whole world.
International Trade Law Case Study Introduction International trade transaction is essential for the sale of goods with the addition of an international element. In practice, the seller and buyer are in different countries where the goods must travel from the seller’s country to the buyer’s country by various means of transports. In international sale of goods, they usually transit the goods by sea because of the international transactions. Therefore, contracts for the carriage of those goods must be procured between the seller or buyer and common carrier depending on different types of sale of contracts. Moreover, in most of incidences, the agreed goods are usually insured at a reasonable amount in case of being loss or damaged during the transit.
Religion usually plays a big part in the cultures of the world and is the basis for their beliefs and values. In many countries religion is very important, so important that some cultures use it in every aspect of their lives. China l...
A) It’s logical that most trade groups contain countries in the same area of the world such as NAFTA which comprises of U.S, Canada and Mexico. There are a number of reasons why economic geography matters in the case of trade agreements. Neighboring countries often, though not always, share a common history, language, culture and currency. Close proximity reduces transportation costs thereby making traded products cheaper in general. Trade is likely to rise by 80% between countries with a common border, 200% with a common language such as English between U.S. and Canada, and 340% with common currency such as the euro for countries in the EU that have adopted the euro. Another strong incentive for geographically close countries to establish