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Tea originated in China but later was spread along the trade routes. Which was used as medicine and was appreciated in its own unique way.

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The Communities of Practice was a group who would share their practice and topics and subject amongst each other.

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Zheng He had helped to expand the influence in China. His voyages was a good example on how his ideas were able to spread.

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Within the Java Sea Shipwreck we were able to learn more information about the crew and the cargo also about the technology. Within the cargo was iron and ivory which only the rich had.

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Tea was a very important good that was very healthy to have or to trade. China used as an herbal medicine Farmers in china began growing tea During the Tang Dynasty. But Tea is used in a lot of cultures, Tea is used differently around the whole world. Fun Fact: ( tea drinking was a luxury of upper class colonists)

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Communities of Practice is a group of people who shared or practice the same topic or subject, They share common things together. There could be people who share same religions, Culture, Writing, Language Ect.

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Maritime Silk Road could be found in the sea. It was use as a trade route were goods were traded. Ships were mostly used in Maritime Silk Road to transfer supplies and they carried a lot of chinese supplies.

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The Maritime Silk Road was located on the sea. The Maritime Silk Road is like the Silk Road that allowed the merchants to spread their ideas and goods. But for selling goods they needed to go on ships. Merchants also would bring their religion to teach other about it.

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The Silk Road was a route located in Afro-Eurasia. The Silk Road was used to spread religions, and ideas, and also knowledge etc. Also the Silk Road was also a major cause on how diseases spread and killed millions of people.

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Tea is important because it first originated in China 2000 yrs ago and through trades and traditions that tea was linked with it spread to even more places to become very popular. Although its first use was for medicine showing that through religion and many other things tea was able to spread even further than China.

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Communities of Practice is basically a group of people who share traditions and or practices. These can include the way people act or think.

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Zheng He was sent by Ming emperor Yongle on a voyage to Indonesia and other places. When Zheng He had returned he brought many new excotic treasures and he had informed them of the life beyond them. Which had caused controversy between the people. But his voyages brought many new ideas to China.

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The Java Sea Shipwreck was a ship that had sunk around the 13th century. This ship was important because it had many goods such as Buddhist imagery and much more. Showing and giving examples of one of the many ways people would spread religion and ideas.

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Maritime Silk Road was on the sea and like the Silk Road they would trade goods and other things. Also like the Silk Road it allowed for religion to spread. And because it was on sea they had to time when they would voyage for example waiting for the winds to blow. This allowed for faster travel.

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Tea was used for many purposes like medical purpose more the 2,000 years ago now it has become a part of there culture

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Communities of practice is a group of people who practice a specific thing, like ideas, religions and culture etc.

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Zheng he he was Chinese explore who lead seven great voyages on behalf of the Chinese emperor. these voyages traveled through the south China sea, Indian Ocean, Arabian sea, Red sea, and along the east coast of Africa his seven total voyages were diplomatic, military, and trading ventures and lasted from 1405-1433

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The java sea ship wreck is a ship that carried cargo from trades the ship wreck dates from the mid late 13th century and was found in the open sea west if the coast of sumatra

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The Maritime Silk Road is just like the silk road but this was another way of trading they traded by sea this was a way for them to trade farther

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silk road was a road they used to trade stuff like silk and many other stuff. itemes, ideas, knowledge were also passed

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Communities of practice involve a group//community of people that share a specific practice.

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Between AD 1405 and 1433, Ming Dynasty emperors sent huge fleet oversea to showcase China might to an international audience. Then a few decades later, government policies changed and the voyages ceased.

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This merchant ship is one of the many vessels that sailed on the waters of east and southeast asia. After studies took place, its showed that goods, people, and ideas were already on the move 700 years ago.

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the communities of practice is the way we think and talk and create a sense of shared identity

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they showed china power and wealth zheng he lead many of them thousands and they gained many treasures

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Tea made in china and spread in many trade routes and made it ways to places like turkay

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the maritime silk road is on the sea and is on the ocean it spered goods though indain ports

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The silk road was a road that shared ideas relion and goods across many places though all of euroasia and more

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Tea originated in China and it was used for medicine and it spread.

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They would practice religion, ideas, culture etc. Basically for people that liked those things.

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His travels helped China to gain power like that China could spread and influence places

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The Java Sea Shipwreck was a ship that sank but people could see what the traders would trade.

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The silk road was a trade route that was in afro eurasia. Merchants used this route for trading and because of that religion and culture from other places started spreading to different ones.

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People most likely experimented with tea leaves by chewing them and then later started harvesting them for medical purposes 2,000 years ago in China. Tea spread to nomads in the north and west and over the centuries more people have come to appreciate tea in their unique way.

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Tea which originated from china more than 2,000 years ago, was originally used for its medicinal and unique properties. It travelled through regions like japan through buddhists monks and was often used by them to aid in their sessions of long concentration. This is important because this is an example of how tea traveled through regions where it would become more popular and universal.

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Communities of Practice is used to refer to similar practices/ways of doing things that is shared among people. This is an example of ideas and innovations moving across borders because it shows how different ideas can be carried through trade and end up in entirely new regions where it will be practiced by new people.

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The Travels of Zheng He were important because they helped move innovations and ideas across borders. He was an admiral who also oversaw changes to trading ports. His many voyages displayed china's wealth and inspired trade. He would present strings of coins and people would have to give greater gifts in return for permission to trade with china. This helped spread ideas and goods across borders because they would sometimes gift new things like giraffes.

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Communities of Practice involve with people in a community/group that share a specific practice. Having this community interact with other communities could lead to the spread of religion, goods and ideas.

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Zheng He led seven voyages for the intent to extend China's power, his travels reached up to Southeast Asia, India, East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. He fought those that didn't welcome his fleet and tried to find ways to improve the trading ports which most definitely influenced the spread of their culture.

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Tea dates back to 2,000 years ago, it was used for the medical properties it contained and soon was sold around the world spreading chinese innovations, ideas, and culture.

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Tea was at first a chinese invention used for its medicinal properties but later evolved into something that was of great cultural significance as various ceremonies and traditions were attached to the consumption of tea. Trading and interaction with other cultures these caused tea ceremonies would evolve and change between these cultures.

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Communities of Practices helped people come together whom had like thoughts as well as religion, practices, traditions, etc.

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The Java Sea Shipwreck was one of the many vessels traveling with peoples goods, ideas and religion, the ship most likely sunk around the 13th century. Some of the goods on this ship include iron, ceramics and most likely more that rotted away.

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Communities of practice is a term that referred to communities that revolved around certain practices like ideals, religions, and culture. When two different communities of practice begin to interact with one another they begin to fuse into a new community. This combination of communities is what caused the spread of technologies like gun powder or religions like Islam and Christianity.

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Tea in china was important to them at the time because tea had medicinal properties, and also because monks like to use tea in order to keep them from falling asleep while they are trying to reach enlightenment like how the buddha had while sitting under a fig tree.

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The Maritime Silk Roads had people traveling in a vessel through the ocean, this allowed people to travel further and thus spreading goods, ideas and religion further.

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Communities of practice were basically just a way of saying that people around the region of china all had one but usually more ways of relating to each other by using the same type of designed plates and etc. So it basically it was like synchronism but instead of it being global it stayed around the region of china.

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Tea was used for its medical properties for more than 2,000 yrs ago that now it has become part of the culture.

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Community and Practices brought the community together by shared ideals, ideas as well as religion.

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Zheng He was a voyager that had had been on multiple ships for helping with how goods would be delivered to the people. He had also been in battles with pirates trying to take the ship. But some people say he was bad because he didn't believe in confucian values and they also say that he drained money from the treasury apparently. But people also celebrate him because he helped make tarde easier.

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Zheng He's voyage led to seven great voyages between AD 1405 and 1433. He traded many things such as ivory and silk and he visited the coast of India the most. He had the largest and most advanced fleet the world has ever seen.

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Tea is a Chinese innovation dating back to 2,000 years ago, eventually used as a medical herb. Through trade and increased demand in the product, tea crossed borders all around the world, carrying with it the chinese culture, ideas and innovations.

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The Java Sea Wreck was a ship that had originally just been a ship that had sank and at that time during 13th was probably and oh well, now this has importance because it gives us an insight of what traders were trading sometimes. Like on this ship their was ceramics and rice.

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The travels were originally used to spread the culture within the chinese empire these travels lasted 38 years and these voyages would reach all over the Asia and Africa thus making multiple connections between cultures as China would try to spread its influence throughout the world.

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The Java Sea Shipwreck was important because we were able to learn the type of cargo the ship was carrying and how the ship looked like.

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Communities of Practice refers to a group of people who share societal practices, traditions, etc. With trade, two societies with similar communities of practice could lead to a connection between nations and extended trade, and therefore the exchange of ideas, people, and innovation.

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Tea was used as a natural medicine that would bring a lot of healing purposes. Tea was used more than 2,000 years ago and over that time tea has been culturally accepted in many cultures.

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Communities of Practices is a concept that is doing something by bringing people together. This is by sharing and collecting knowledge of different ideas,traditions, ect. As well this helped traditions and culture come together in many different ways.

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The Travels of Zheng traveled as to china and he is a good example on how ideas his ideas were able to spread an extend. He was able to inspire many traded to continue expanding and trading which lead the even more spread of good,culture,religion, and much more.

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The Java Sea Shipwreck was very important because it gave us information about the crew, the technology, and as well as the cargo. As well an example about the cargo would be that Southeast Asia would carry many luxurious goods that only wealthy people could afford.

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Something about the Maritime Silk road was that this "roads" were on water. Allowing these trades on water allowed merchant and trader to be able to spread more good,ideas, and maybe more desises in a more inficiate way. As well it lead to inventions to help traders over sea be able to know where they were going. As well these merchant would able to do seasonal trading by figuring out the wind during the different seasons.

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The Silk Road was a trade route that would spread items as well as different ideas about religion. Some of these religions were Judaism, Christianity, and Buddhism which lead to the grow of these religion. As well the Silk Road did not only trade goods and ideas it was also the cause of major diseases that spread and killed millions of people.

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The Silk Road was a trade route that spread goods like silk, metal, paper, etc. The Silk Road also spread religions through the travels of merchants, some religions being Buddhism, Judaism, and Christianity which then lead to the spread of ideas with one another's religion.

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The Maritime Silk Road served as a vessel for the spread of people, ideas, and innovation. Since, the majority of seafarers were muslim, the Islam community spread and blended with cultures all around the world. In addition, the importation of certain goods from specific countries, such as, spices from Malaysia, or porcelain from China, to cities of commerce, results massive exchange of culture, ideas, language, etc. The stern rudder, was an innovation made to make ships more stable and therefore transfer more goods more safely for trade. Global trade at this scale is due to the ability to transfer large amounts of goods through the Maritime silk road.

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Zheng He's voyages is a great example of how people, ideas, and innovations spread. His extensive travel led to the diffusion of Chinese culture, and knowledge on China's prestigious wealth and innovations. His voyages inspired some to migrate to South East Asian Ports, and continue trade, further spreading ideas and culture.

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The Java Sea Shipwreck was a shipwreck that carried goods like ceramics from East Asia to Southeast Asia. Some of the ceramics had buddhist imagery Quingbai-style box lids, and inscribed box bases. This is important because this shows how ideas, art, and religions would spread across regions.

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The Maritime Silk Roads were Silk Roads that were on the water. Traveling by water allowed traders and merchants to carry more loads and travel faster to distant places that can't be accessed as easily by land. Merchants and traders would plan their voyages based on the time of the year and what direction the winds were blowing. This meant that goods, ideas, and religion were able to more efficiently spread

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Zheng He was a admiral who helped expand China through commercial and maritime to Indonesia, India and then to Africa.

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Ships were able to carry both goods and Ideas as some merchants at sea would bring their religion to the areas they came to and some would begin to settle there

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Zheng He was an admiral serving under the Ming Dynasty. Zheng He's voyages took place around the 14th century. He helped to spread China's influence across many coastal cities. From negotiation exchange, to battling pirates, his life was nothing short of story book material.

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The Java Sea Ship Wreck is influential on how people see the Silk Roads impact. For example, it carried 200 tons of iron cargo signifying the growing global demand for Chinese products. In addition, Buddhist archaeological items on ship serves as proof for the exchange of religion between China and India. Indonesian weights, found on board, also show how merchants incorporated Indonesian innovations in global trade, this is a good example of the globalism coming from the silk road.

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They would trade inventions and other stuff through the ocean.

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The Maritime silk road was like the Silk road, but they traveled by sea instead of land connecting even more foreign areas. It was during this time that the demand for chinese goods spiked.

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The Maritime Silk Road was like the Silk Road but instead of it being on the land the people on the Maritime Silk Road had traveled via the ocean, and they traded ideas and goods but it was just by sea.

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The Maritime Silk Road was when the silk road moved to waterways which allowed what was already happening in the normal Silk Road to go to other coastal places.

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The Maritime Silk Road is the sea port part of the silk road trade. This allowed for merchants to trade over sea.

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Tea was thought of as a medicine over 2000 years ago. It is now a big part of Chinese culture but is also used and appreciated in different ways in different cultures.

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The Java Sea Shipwreck was a vessel carrying goods, people, and ideas during the 13th century AD from East Asia to Southeast Asia and onward. It helped with booming China's ceramic industry.

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The Silk Roads were different trade routes across Afro-Eurasia that traded many goods such as silk, minerals, paper, and gunpowder. Alongside goods, different ideas and cultures were shared throughout the regions which also caused different religions to expand universally and grow across borders.

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This ship wreck happened in 12th-13th century. This ship carried goods and ideas over such as ivory and silk.

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Communities of Practice is the concept of bridging people together through shared/adopted cultures, practices, ideas and traditions. For example, tea. Tea has a significant place in many cultures, but it takes a different space in every one. Nonetheless, this shared tradition ties cultures together.

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Communities of Practice would link people that would have similar ways of thinking, the way they act, and things we use

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The silk road was a trade route that went from Europe to China and would trade valuable goods. From China would come silk, paper and gunpowder, as well as other goods. From Europe would come minerals and precious gem and metals.

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Tea was first used for medicinal purposes dating back more than 2,000- years ago.  Originally a Chinese invention, tea found its way into innumerable cultures around the world.  Thought the specifics vary within each culture, the basics is hot water with leaves.

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Zheng He was an admiral that helped expand the influence of China through the coastal cities from Indonesia to India to East Africa. He also contributed in naval expeditions.

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The Maritime silk road connected China, Southeast Asia, Europe ect.......
Many inventions were traded such as  gunpowder, the magnetic compass, the printing press, silk, mathematics ect........

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The Silk Road was a road where goods like spices,food and ideas were shared all throughout the middle east where after a long time the idea sharing would synchronize after a long time where cultures would mix and fuse sometimes.

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The silk road brought diseases and culture from other places and religion.

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The Silk Road allowed for many religions to spread an example of this would be how Buddhism spread. Buddhism spread because merchants and other people that would travel along the Silk Road would spread it to wherever they were traveling.

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Tea was first used for medical purposes more than 2000 years ago. It has now become an iconic part of Chinese culture. Tea is appreciated differently in every culture.

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The Java Sea Shipwreck dates to around 1215- AD, indicated by various ceramics/etc. found on the ship. Found near the west coast of Sumatra, the shipwreck helped to paint a clear vision of China's ceramic industry during the period. The wreck also aided in the discovery of the shipping lane's timeline.

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Communities of Practice is something that links people together by similar practices, the way we think, the way we act, and the objects we use.

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The Silk Road was a big trade route that helped inter regional trade flourish. Merchants sold silk, porcelain, spices, tea, etc as well as spreading religion such as Buddhism and Christianity as well as diseases like the Black Plague.

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The Java Sea Shipwreck was found from mid to late 13th century near the west coast of Sumatra which is now a shipping lane between Bangka Strait and Jakarta. It carried Chinese iron and ceramics, hundreds of fine-paste-ware kendils from Thailand and Sumatra products. It helped with the discovery that the shipping lane was used since around the time that commercial trade in the region started.

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The Silk Road was an everchanging system of trade routes connecting the world by spreading religion eastward, such as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, etc., and fueling innovations such as the magnetic compass, gun powder, proto-industrialization, and flying cash, that were used all along the silk road.

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The Java Sea Shipwreck gave information on all the valuable cargo, technology, and crew. Some of the cargo that were being held was iron and ivory which were thought of as things only the rich would have.

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The Maritime Silk Road was the section of the famed Silk Road that linked China, S.E Asia, Europe, and the Arabian Peninsula (etc..) via the water. The 'road' was first traversed by various groups of merchants. It gave the opportunity for trade across the seas.

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The silk road expanded religious ideas and goods which lead to the expansion of many empires. It also spread diseases that killed many people. The spread was from diseases that were not common in that area which is why it killed many people, this was the Black Death.

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The Maritime Silk Road is the maritime (marine) part of the Silk Road. It was established by the Austronesian sailors, Tamil merchants, Greco-Roman merchants, and Persian and Arab traders. It allowed for trade to occur between coastal areas.

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The Silk Road was a trade route that went through Asia and Europe allowing people to have different parts of cultures, beliefs and technologies to transfer throughout all of Eurasia.