Cultural Diffusion - United States of America
Autor: Adnan • September 13, 2018 • 908 Words (4 Pages) • 630 Views
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paths, has been the main reason. It has been around since ancient times where people would move from Europe to Asia. Many groups migrated into the region, creating great diversity.
Moving to more present times, Europe has created a good economy as well but some Eastern Europe nations had been having trouble making economic progress. In this economy they have been successful in producing crops for the world. As well as selling oil, tobacco, and coal.
Even though cultural diffusion is great, it can cause a big disaster such as the Bubonic Plague. The Bubonic Plague was a disease that killed ⅓(25 million) of the people in Europe. It has said to be the first sight of the Bubonic plague originated in China. The plague was caused by a bacterium called, Yersinia Pestis, which lives in the guts of fleas. These fleas then bit rats and rodents. Which then infected the food in cargo ships where people would eat the food.
Russia
Russia has the silk road which was a big crossroad! The Silk Road of ancient China is an example of cultural diffusion occurring as a result of trade. Although the route began in about 138 B.C. as a means for China to export silk fabric, a rare and valuable commodity, trade along the Silk Road greatly promoted the exchange of products, ideas and practices between Oriental
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and Western civilizations. The silk road exchanged ideas and art. The use of glassware was unknown in China before the introduction of high-quality blown glass from Egypt and Middle Eastern Arab cities. Chinese landscape painting was heavily influenced by India’s Buddhist muralists and the Chinese in turn influenced the layered-plane treatment in Persian landscape art. Gold and silver pieces with Middle Eastern themes have been excavated from Chinese tombs. Islamic merchants are credited with introducing cobalt blue-and-white tin-glazed ware to China. Technological advancements were also carried by travelers of the Silk Road. Inventions, such as paper, originated in China in the first century and eventually came into use throughout Eurasia. The water wheel originated in Roman Syria and examples can be found in China as well as Spain. Ideas that moved along the Silk Road include the use of herbs for medicinal purposes and theories about astronomy.
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