SAT II World History : Global Developments
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Example Question #21 : Global Developments
The Phonecian people of Europe and the Near East are best described as __________.
seafaring traders
aggressive expansionists
devoutly pious
pacifists
barbarian invaders
seafaring traders
The Phoencian people were seafaring traders who established trading outposts all over the Mediterranean from approximatley 1200 BCE to 500 BCE. Their importance in human history is twofold: they helped connect the peoples and cultues of Mediterranean Europe, and their alphabet developed into the Greek and Latin alphabets.
Example Question #22 : Global Developments
The Silk Road ran __________.
from Rome to China
from India to Rome
from Spain to China
from India to Persia
from China to the Mediterranean
from China to the Mediterranean
The Silk Road is the name given to a series of trading routes that ran from Han China to the Mediterranean. First established in the second century CE, the Silk Road connected the East to the West via trade for the first time in human history. This would facilitate the spread of ideas, religions, resources, as well as disease and economic catastrophes.
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