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Goods were traded in a variety of ways depending on the product itself, if they were large and heavy ship were used, if small, compact and more personalized then trade through shops and merchants worked well. Goods were anything there was a demand for, so jars and porcelain, ivory, gold, jewelry, silk and spices.

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Different cultures across the world and mostly in Afro-Eurasia (since we can see the history in these places more prominently) use different items for specific purposes, if its tied to spiritual connection or everyday use.

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Tea became a widely cultural drink after its immediate medical purposes, which people chewed the leaves they infused hot water with it and through more experimentation, began to trade different teas across the world. Tea is even used in some religious practices.

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Zheng He was a fantastic voyager, Muslim based, he led hundreds of ships through his fleets to gain respect to the Ming Dynasty. Coming back with tributes dedicated to China (like exotic animals) which other countries would give in order to maintain their trading privledges with China.

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Between the 12th-13th centery, ships would transport many goods, the Java Sea Shipwreck reflects what we know of the maritime silk road, many porecelain and iron items were found at the site from centuries ago.

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Trading route through the sea between Afro-Eurasia, shipped in and out a lot of Chinese goods, they could ship much larger and heavier loads by sea compared to those by individual/caravan merchants.

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Network of trade routes interconnecting Afro-Eurasia, and is mostly known for its work in CHina since it is referered to as the Silk Road, Silk was a huge traded good from China out to the rest of Europe and Africa. Other goods were traded as well like porcelain and tea, bit ideas cultures and religions also spread because of merchants using these trading routes.

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Tea was predicted to have been fist used by chewing the plant but soon used in water for medicine properties. It became famous all over Asia and many pots and cups were created just for tea.

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Anything was a go when it came to being tagged as a "trade good". The most popular items were containers, such as jars, and items that would be considered as some form of luxury, like ornaments and ivory. One item that stood out was the drug opium, that was used as medicine but is also used as a drug for drug users.

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Many people form Asia used the same type of ceramic plates/jars/ items and they all used them pretty much the same way. However some places had different uses for the items. Some people saw them as a sign of wealth others used them as a form of spiritual belief. These jars and items were all over the places with different uses.

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Zheng He was ordered by the Ming dynasty to travel with hundred of ships and thousands of travelers to expand their power. The treasure ships were recorded to be the biggest ship china has ever created. The leader of these voyages was Zheng He who was the admiral of the Ming dynasty's voyages. He is still worshipped today in some parts of china. Zheng He's travels also helped spread the belief of Mazu.

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The Java Sea Shipwreck happened around 1210 ac-1400 ac based of the materials that were salvaged. It was carrying an immense amount of iron and ceramics. The organic material did not survive for long after the ship sank. It was discovered in 1980 by fisherman, unfortunately  the ship was looted before it was officially sold to a salvage company.  Many religious items were found as well on the wooden ship.

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The maritime silk road was a trading rout that was mostly used by China and other Asian civilizations. It was mostly used to transport items but also food. Sometimes people traveled on the routes to live somewhere else.

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The silk road was a trading system made up of a vast network of routes that spread form Europe to Africa to china. Armies from the crusades helped create some of the routes for the silk roads as people began using the paths for travel as well. China was a major trading power house when it came to the amount of items that were being traded, the Mongol empire was an empire that thrived off the silk road. However it did cause to diseases being spread. The silk road let to better traveling inventions and the creation of paper money.

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Tea was first used in Chinese culture for medical purposes over 2,000 years ago. It was first experimented by people chewing leaves, overtime becoming what it is now and being used all over the world.

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Larger, heavier goods were carried by ships overseas, making it easier and less expensive than trading over land. Having rare foreign items showed your power. During this time the demand for trade goods expanded ,like for spices.

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People can use one particular item for one reason,while others may use it for a different purpose. Many people adapt, adopt, and repurpose goods and practices, and use it for their own good. For example Kendis are used for pouring and drinking in Asia, and some Hindus, Buddhist, and muslims use it for rituals .In the end it all ties people together.

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Tea has always been traded all over the world and during early times of trading that started for medical purposes.

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The Ming Dynasty Emperors ordered a series of voyages for people to recognize China's power . About 100ships and more than 27,000 men were sent. This was later shut down for going against Confucian values.

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People were now able to trade more expensive things than before because they started using ships rather than going over land. Using ships would begin to allow them to start trading in very large quantities.

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people around the world using items in different ways than the person before which brings them together for reasons that end up being similar. One person on one part of the world can use and object in one manner then trade it to someone else that will use it completely differently but the object is still the same.

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The Journeys by zheng he were used as a way to gain political influence on china by showing how powerful china was. He did this by sending a fleet of 100 ships and over 20,000 men across an ocean.

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The java sea wreck was a ship that was trading iron and ceramics from java to chine but was sunken by a storm and found in the late 1900s while the ship was used in the 13th century.

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The maritime silk road was an early shipping route in Asia that shipped out things like tea and iron which in return brought spices from foreign countries to china.

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The silk road was a name for a few long paths that overlapped each other and combined together all throughout Asia, Africa and Europe which were used for traders to sell things from their land. Not only were these people selling merchandise but they were also giving away traditions, religions, languages and even new types of disease.

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tea was used at first for its medical uses but after china started trading it it because a necessity all over the world

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heavier and difficult things to travel with became easier to travel with thanks to ships meaning that they got cheaper to buy buy more rare items were more expensive because they were less common

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when the same items has a different use depending on who is using it. in this case trade have a very important role in this they would trade the same item to different people and they would all have the ame use for it

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during the 1400s china sent out hundreds of ships out to let people know how powerful china was and the leader of these shipes what Zhenh He, he was the made commander of trade and negotiation

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the java shipwreck was a ship that carried people and goods throughout the 12-13 century. the shipwreck was discovered in 1980s most likely sunk because of a storm but we are still unsure

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the maritime silk road was a trade route that went through the sea to most of china  and sent a lot of goods that china needed

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Tea was seeked for restorative purposes long back, nowadays more individuals utilize it fair as a refreshment, but it would depend on the situation and reason as well. It ought to be famous that China was the primary to undertake it out by chomping on the takes off.

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Exchange great are assets that over time would gotten to be increasingly important and held in tall request. That's why the Silk Street was a such a need and China got to be so effective since they had numerous merchandise that other nations might and did advantage from.

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The way we act a certain way interface us to comparative hones and make a sense of shared character. Peranakans created a adaptable character it combines Chinese and neighborhood Malay legacy, as well as European hones.

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The voyages of Zheng was around chinese mariners who traveled on almost 10 gigantic ships and they had 27,000 men in add up to on those ships to appear China's control. It was called the voyages of Zheng because he was the domain leader.

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The Java Ocean Wreck would have happened between 1215 and 1405 to be rediscovered within the 1980s. It was a dispatch that held numerous objects at a time and amid the time of it sinking to have thousands of things on bored indeed more than what was found. In spite of the fact that modelers never found out what unquestionably made it sink but it is accepted to be a storm.

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The Maritime silk road was the silk road that traveld through the ocean. They utilized ships to transport products and individuals. There fundamental trade was ceramics.

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The Silk Road was a web of courses interfacing all over East Asia and the Mediterranean. Merchandise were transported, but so were thoughts, religions and infections. There were stops all through said street so those exchanging might rest, which made certain cities wealthy and valuable. Hence, the Silk Road was a critical portion of the development of culture.

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Trade good are resources that over time would become more and more valuable and held in high demand. That is why the Silk Road was a such a necessity and China became so successful because they had many goods that other countries could and did benefit from.

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The Communities of practice is about how people have certain  products or beliefs and bring other people together.Like how cultures use products in a different way or some cultures don't use that product at all.Cultures also believe in different gods and have certain beliefs about their gods.

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The travels of Zheng  was about chinese sailors who traveled on about 10 massive ships and they had 27,000 men in total on those ships to show China's power. But why was it called the travels of Zheng He this was because he was the empire leader.

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The java Sea Shipwreck was a Ship that was used for trading during the time of 12th to the 15th century and the java ship was carrying lots of goods that was expensive and usable for people of China. The ship was carrying over 150 tons of goods and it was spotted by a fisherman.

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The way we think, act, like certain things or have a certain way of doing things as human beings bring similar people who are alike in same ways into the category of people who have the same “shared identity”. Sometimes people used Jars as a representation of wealth. Kendis are vessels that had a sprout to it like a teapot that people poured or drunk out of. This was shared within the cultures Hindus, Muslisms, and Buddhists when they sometimes used them in rituals. A lot of objects connect people, cultures, and religions as a way of allowing them to grow and find out that they have more things in common and think alike more than they thought was true.

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Largely items were better to be transported through sea rather than land, it was mor functional. During the 12th and 13th centuries ships delivered spices, other food products, largely volumized items, handmade artifacts, molded clays, medicines, and tons of other products. During the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) chinese sent out people to sea out rare products like ivory and kingfisher feathers. A century later overseas goods became very popular and by the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-906)  they became high demand in religions and other cultures like Bhuddism especially certain goods like spices that are used in medicine and foods. Tons of goods were traded within land and oversea but it’s had it’s difficulties and battles but those 2 trade systems had huge impacts on how past decisions were made and how ancient times were runned and especially how we decided to trade in modern times.

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Zheng He was admiral of the Mings Dynasty “imperial voyages”. When he wa sa boy he was captured by the muslisms and then he later ot sent to go work for Prince Zhu Di as a eunuch. He later took thew throne and became a entrusted and worthy person. His responsibilities as admiral were aimed towards the Ming Dynasty’s imperial voyages where he distributed good across the seas, foresaw improvements within foreign trading ports and battled pirates. He was an important part of the oversea trading.

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The Maritime Silk Road was the sea trade routes used mostly by the Chinese and various other factions and people to transport different goods. It was more cost effective to transport the goods on the sea rather than land because the quantity of goods a merchant could carry was exponentially larger and in some cases took less time to transport compared to land travel.

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The Java Sea Shipwreck was a trading vessel originating in China and was one of the many boats that traveled along The Maritime Silk Road. During the time the ship sank it was starting to become socially acceptable to trade privately but sadly the sailors weren't able to unload their cargo of various mass produced porcelain plates and bowls.

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The travels of Zheng He were a series of trips made by Chinese sailors to try and expand Chinese rule throughout the world but because these kinds of voyages went against the main religion of China they were stopped. It's also believed that the ships used by the Chinese sailors were massive and nearly three times the size of the ships Columbus used to come to The Americas.

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Trade goods were different products that were sought out in a certain area of the world where they couldn't be made with the available resources of the region or community and could only be apprehended by going to areas where these products were made and exchanging other goods or currency to get the item. Trading was great because it allowed different items to be improved by the different people that used it.

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Communities of practice was the connection between many different groups of people by the products that they would use on a daily basis that were either imported or exported . This sense of community strengthened ties between neighboring states or territories or in some cases places that weren't near each other at all.

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Tea was and is an important cultural and medical tool, it was believed to have been discovered thousands of years ago and was first ingested as a chewable, but wasn't until later that the actual leaves were steeped in boiling water and drunk. As time went on and trade routes like the Silk Road became popular tea was exported to different countries because of it's many natural benefits.

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Over 2,000 years ago tea was originated for medical purposes to heal and be beneficial to help with pain and sickness in the chinese culture. Over those 2,000 years tea is being used in different ways and still in the same ways as 2,000 years ago all around the world in every culture today. Tea spread to japan in the 9th century through japanese Buddhists.

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The Silk road was a series of trade routes that spanned over the entirety of Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe. There were also trade routes that applied to sea travel. These routes were used by everyone and had no limitations as to who could use it. It was a sort of connection between the world, it allowed for everyone to know what was going on in the other parts of the world. It also was an integral part of the spread of cultures and ideas from every state that the trade routes passed through as well as the surrounding areas

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Tea provided multiple services, a majority of these being used for medical issues. Some ways these were used was by the dry leaf, by conssuinng it allowed another way of use. The other medical use was liquid form which is still used to this day from healing a sore throat to allowing a easier nights rest.

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These items were in high value as in some places which were on opposite side of one another don't have the same supplies as others but with trading this allowed a wide variety of items ti improve these different items.

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These communications of Practice were acts, thoughts, and practices which were connected to someone which varied on their identity and their personality. This meant some times were traded to others as they offered better benefits to those which provided communication and trade upon those.

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The Ming Dynasty emperors sent out large ships to represent to China the power they had as they sent about 27,000 men along these ships.

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Java Sea Ship was a trading ship along the Maritime Silk Road. Between the 12th-15th century it sank along with what it was carrying, some of these items being wines, vases, bowls, etc.

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The way we act a certain way connect us to similar practices and create a sense of shared identity.  Peranakans developed a flexible identity it combines Chinese and local Malay heritage, as well as European practices.

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Tea was seeked for medical purposes long ago, today more people use it just as a beverage, but it would depend on the scenario and purpose as well. It should be noted that China was the first to try it out by munching on the leaves. 

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Tea was seeked for medical purposes long ago, today more people use it just as a beverage, but it would depend on the scenario and purpose as well. It should be noted that China was the first to try it out by munching on the leaves. 

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Communications and practices teach us new information about different religions, new inventions and even new trades to bring others together. People often communicate with others of the same interest and similarities. Knowing this people that were introduced to new stuff often adopted it and took it as their own.

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The objects represented goods that were important during periods of China's history. Merchants from the Middle East, India , and Southeast Asia arrived in growing numbers. These were valuable resources and status goods.

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Trade goods are the priority goods. One of the things that were in great demand was jars and spices from China. The Java Sea Shipwreck was one of the ships who carried these valued goods. 

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Trade goods are the priority goods. One of the things that were in great demand was jars and spices from China. The Java Sea Shipwreck was one of the ships who carried these valued goods. 

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How historians see how certain groups of people had connections and relationships is through communities of practice. It is important to note that actions, thoughts and objects connect people through history and can be seen what similarities in cultures were shared between certain groups because of this. 

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How historians see how certain groups of people had connections and relationships is through communities of practice. It is important to note that actions, thoughts and objects connect people through history and can be seen what similarities in cultures were shared between certain groups because of this. 

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Tea was a large use in medical practice, making it a very important item to trade and use. Tea was a main part in Chinese, from there it greatly branched out and it is used nowadays in different regions. It is believed that the plant of tea originated in an area from northeast India through southeast China. The discovery of tea first started with chewing them, later figuring out they had medical properties, the leaves were harvested. Three pearls teapot was popular among scholars to share with others. The teapot had clay to better flavor the tea, and a jade handle that allows you to pick it up without burning yourself. Tea bowls were used to whisk tea. Whisking tea was done by adding hot water in a bowl with powdered tea and whisking with a bamboo whisk until white foam appeared. Different teas originate from various areas and are prepared in multiple ways, this is to show how tea connects different civilizations nicely.

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Tea  had become an important part of Chinese culture.  People first used tea leaves by chewing on them but later on they were used for medical purposes. The art of brewing tea varied from dynasty to dynasty.

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The Ming Dynasty sent ships out to expand China, and show how prestigious China was. They also wanted to encourage trading with foreign lands. Zheng He was a traveler on these important voyages before he was captured. 

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The Ming Dynasty sent ships out to expand China, and show how prestigious China was. They also wanted to encourage trading with foreign lands. Zheng He was a traveler on these important voyages before he was captured. 

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Ming Dynasty emperors sent huge fleets overseas to broadcast China's might to an international audience. Fleets with approximately 100 ships and more than 27,000 men crossed an Ocean decades before Christian Columbus.

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Oversea trades were cheaper for merchants to send than through land. Having rarities and lugdarie items from foriegn areas was a large display of great power. With trade growing this allowed for others to travel and civilizations to collide and share ideas. In AD 1127 northern invaders forced the song to move their trade south, this cut out a large portion of their trade. There was a dispute of whether they should go back to relying on farming, or to push forward and continue trade. Relying on farming came with largely taxing people and harmed the song’s people. It was decided that Chinese merchant ships would continue the trade, therefore trade became the greater benefactor than farming.

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The Java Sea Shipwreck was one of the ships that traveled the Maritime Silk Road, when it was found, it carried goods like vases and jars from China.  It is thought to have sunk between 1215-1405.

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The Java Sea Shipwreck was one of the ships that traveled the Maritime Silk Road, when it was found, it carried goods like vases and jars from China.  It is thought to have sunk between 1215-1405.

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China and Asia have a community of practice, this means to have traded objects that become part of the other civilization. Peranakan beaded belts were a way to decipher an identity. People who lived in the crossroads of global change were able to have a beaded belt as a way to show combined identity. It showed European practices, as well as Chinese and Malay heritage. Every belt was hand beaded and stitched for individual identity. Kendis are handless and used in Asia with the benefit of having a more hygienic way of sharing water. Hindus, Muslims and Buddhist may use these in religious rituals at times. Money jars, dishes, and dragon jars were also shared between civilizations that used trade systems to show how different communities practiced and used ideas from other areas.

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During the 12th and 13th century the shi was one of the many boats to sail the trade routes from East and South Asia. Due to the shipwreck the merchant ship was discovered by a near by fisherman. Extremely damaged the ship was said to have held many imported good from the chinese civilization remaining during the crash.

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The Maritime Silk Road was the part of the Silk Road that had routes that went out to sea. The demand for goods consisted mostly of chinese silverware like bowls and jars. The Java Sea Shipwreck was one of the ships that traveled this marine route.  

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The Maritime Silk Road was the part of the Silk Road that had routes that went out to sea. The demand for goods consisted mostly of chinese silverware like bowls and jars. The Java Sea Shipwreck was one of the ships that traveled this marine route.  

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The Java Shipwreck was a merchant ship sailing the waters of East and Southeast Asia. The Java Sea Shipwreck was believed to have sunken in AD 1215 to somewhere before 1278.  The Java Sea Shipwreck carried more than 100,000  ceramics. The ship also carried the largest iron cargo almost 200 tons. The Java Shipwreck was discovered in 1980's .

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The Silk Road was a web of routes connecting all over East Asia and the Mediterranean. Goods were transported, but so were ideas, religions and diseases. There were stops throughout said road so those trading could rest, which made certain cities rich and useful. Thus, the Silk Road was a significant part of the expansion of culture. 

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The Silk Road was a web of routes connecting all over East Asia and the Mediterranean. Goods were transported, but so were ideas, religions and diseases. There were stops throughout said road so those trading could rest, which made certain cities rich and useful. Thus, the Silk Road was a significant part of the expansion of culture. 

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Similar to the Silk Road, the Maritime Silk Road was several different routes that ran across the sea that carried traded goods, people and different foreign religions not known to certain people. Many items were transported on the Java Sea Shipwreck. For instance, bowls, ceramics and many other imported goods were very important to the trading business because as time developed, trading systems changed and so did the value of the chinese goods.

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The Silk road was a system of routes that traveled all throughout East Asia. The Mediterranean was used for transporting trades. These routes also gave ideas to different countries on new religions or languages, and even newly invented trades. The Silk road was initially found in the 1900´s by Sir Aurel Stein. He was interested in learning how the ancient chinese civilization traveled thousands of miles to trade with others.

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Ming Dynasty emperors used to send large fleets across seas to show China’s power, however these actions ceased due to government policies changing. Emperor Yongle commanded that 100 ships should be put overseas. The treasure ships were created to be intimidating and larger than other ships, these vessels were 190 feet long and 160 feet wide. Zheng He was an admiral to the voyages of treasure ships that were set sail. When Zheng He was young he was caught in a crossfire when Yuan and Ming switched power. When he befriended Zhu Di in a rough time he gained his trust, and had a place of power when Zhu Di became an emperor. Zheng He oversaw trade and other foreign trading posts, he kept pirates at bay.

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The Java Sea Shipwrecks sank through the guesstimate timeline from AD 1215 to 1278. The vessel carried resin, over 100,00 ceramics, 200 tons of iron, common foods, medical related products, wines and textiles. This allowed traders to keep their trade information confidential. It's estimated that the ship was made out of food based on leftover artifacts found. The vessel was 92 feet long.

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Tea was first used for its medical properties over 2000 years. Now tea is used all over the world not just for medical reason but as a drink.

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Trade Goods are goods that are really important and become even more important overtime. People travel all over the world to trade with other people to get new items.

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Communications of practice are actions, thoughts, and objects that tie us to other people.

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The Ming Dynasty's emperors sent huge ships overseas to show other lands great China's power. But over time government policies changed and the ships disappeared.

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Communications of practice are actions,thoughts,objects, and similar practices that tie us to other different types of people. for example goods from china became important in certain religous and political practices of the phillipines.

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The ming dynasty's emperor wanted to create a greater expansion of China he sent fleets out west to spread the word of the great China. During this rule the emperor was not kind towards those who did not welcome their fleets.

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The Java Sea Shipwreck was one of many vessels that sailed the waters of East and Southeast Asia. It carried people, goods, and ideas. The Java Sea Shipwreck proved that they were mobile 700 years ago.

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The Maritime Silk Road is like the Silk Road and was used in the 13th century AD. It increased the demand for Chinese food and trading.

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The Silk Road are routes that connect ancient China to Central Asia, South Asia , and eastern Mediterranean.  It was used by many people.

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Trade Goods are valuables that were used to exchange with other people to get their other items. People would travel overseas just to trade goods with with other people. Many different kinds of things were exchanged during these trading times.

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Communities of Practice are actions, thoughts, and objects that are supposed to link people together based on there similarities.  Sometimes people can be totally different people but they can still tie together because of the same groups they are in. Peranakan Chinese people hand made belts to show the identity of curtain people.

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Around the 12th-14th century AD the shipwreck occured this is know because there was 2 jars found at the sight of the shipwreck with dates on them. Resin was also found at the sight of the shipwreck dating to around the same time as the jars. During this time the song dynasty's rule had just finished and china was under the mongol led rule of the Yuan dynsaty. The ship was made of small pieces of wood from a tree native to southeast Asia formed into an intracet design.

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About 2,000 years ago people used tea for medical purposes only. It was a hot or warm drink that would cure the sick people if they ever had gotten sick. Over the course of time Tea started to begin to change from being a medical brew to just a warm liquid substance that can be drank for the enjoyment of the flavor.

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Between AD 1405 and 1433, Ming Dynasty emperors sent huge fleets overseas to broadcast China’s might to an international audience. But a few decades later, government policies changed and the voyages ceased

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In AD 1405 and 1433, Ming Dynasty Sent out some very large Ships overseas to send a message Internationally to showcase Chinas recognition and power. The man that was behind all of the ships was Zheng He. In the end Zheng He had sent a total of 100 ships But the idea of promoting China through Overseas was soon shut down by the government because it went against the Confucian beliefs.

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The Java Sea Shipwreck was a Vessel that was used to travel across the Maritime Silk Road. This merchant ship was used somewhere between the 12th and the 13th century. The ship was sailing the waters of East and Southeast Asia. People wanted to know more about how this ship wrecked so they looked into it. They then had discovered that the Vessel was filled with many kinds of goods that were mostly needed there in China.

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Tea is a liquid that most people drink to stay warm, but back then it would usually be for sick people . They would plant the tea and use it for people in need of medical assistance. Today, tea is used for anything you want and it usually comes in different flavors of your interest. Tea was first a medicine and now it is an everyday beverage

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Trade goods are goods that are more and more valuable as time progresses. A lot of merchants from asia came from overseas to trade goods with other items. as time went on people had to pay to go overseas because so much people were doing it. Items that would be traded and sold there would be Jars, spices, cups, photos, pipes, and sometimes even ivory, ceramics were also popular at the time. As t

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Community of practice is the actions, thoughts, and objects that tie people with similar practices and causing a sense of a shared identity. Many communities would adopt trade and ideas from China. For example, goods and customs from China became important parts of Philippine weddings, funerals, and local politics who adopted them. The Peranakan Chinese people who were descendants of Chinese traders and diplomats also combined Chinese with local Malay heritage, and some European practices, creating their own identity.

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About 2,000 years ago, tea was reserved for medical reasons when first discovered in lands of Northeast India to Southwest China, having first tested on by chewing on the leaves in search of its effects. However, different cultures began to rejuvenate its purpose and enjoy its presence in different ways. A common way of doing so was incorporating different ingredients and materials into the brewing process to enhance the taste of the tea.