Because of the special geographic situation of the city, the monsoon winds took the wooden ships of Quanzhou to many parts of world at that time. And as the political center of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) moved to the south due to the civil war in 1127, Quanzhou started to play a significant role in the country's marine trade with the outside world.
At that time, merchant ships setting off from Quanzhou Port could travel to over 50 countries and regions in the world. Later the number increased to 98 in the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368).
Because commodities from all parts of the world gathered in the small city, Quanzhou was once called the world cargo hold or the distributing center of commodities from all over the world, and was mentioned by many foreign travelers in their travelogues.
Ding Yuling is the director of Quanzhou Maritime Museum.
"Marco Polo once said if there was one ship loaded with pepper traveling to Port Alexander in Egypt, there would be one hundred pepper ships coming to the Quanzhou Port. From this we know what a great amount of trade was done at that time."
Due to its reputation, Quanzhou was also called the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, and Quanzhou Port was once known as the biggest port in the east.
"There were a lot of port facilities built in the city, including storehouses, customs houses, and wharves, which have left many relics now," said Chu Baoyang, deputy chief of Quanzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Press and Publications.
As descendents of unions between foreign businessmen and local women, Ding's family has witnessed the development of Quanzhou, and Ding herself is quite proud of Quanzhou's status and history in the world marine trade.
"I think Quanzhou has contributed a lot to human society. It started an era in Quanzhou, the international era of Quanzhou Port. It showed an internationalized spirit, a diversified and inclusive spirit of the city at that time. I think we should continue to develop this spirit in modern times." Ding said.
<span>The Erie Canal allwed for the American Midwest to transport their good via waterway to the port in New York City and then out to the world for consumption via trade. The Erie Canal was the largest civic project the United States built up to that point in time and made settling the midwest much more economical.</span>
Answer:
Quakerism
Explanation:
The Quakers are a religious group emerged in England in 1647 as a dissent from the Anglican Church. One of the pillars of the faith of the Quakers is the belief there is no need to create a clerical organization, then all faithful are ministers of God. The Quakers lived in recollection and preached the practice of pacifism, solidarity and philanthropy. In order to guarantee their moral purity, they also defended, let alone moderate, attitudes: they refused to pay tithes to the official church, to take oath before the magistrates in the courts or to pay tribute to authorities, including the king. They were still refusing to do military service and take part in wars.
They presented original ideas in 17th-century English absolutist society, and for this reason, they were eventually persecuted by Charles II. For this reason, a large part of the Quakers emigrated to the United States, where, led by William Penn, they created the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681.
Humans and the environment.. The Maori and Haida had different views of nature.
Answer:
- He created a code of law for the empire.
- He ordered the construction of Hagia Sophia.
Explanation:
Emperor Justinian of the Byzantine empire will always be mentioned as one of their most prominent emperors for his actions while he sat on the throne. One such action was the creation of the Code of Justinian which was a collection of legal codes that helped the empire in being governed better.
Justinian ordered that the Hagia Sophia be built as well. At the time, it was one of the largest churches in the world and became a hallmark of the Byzantine empire. It was however, converted to a mosque when the Ottomans defeated the Byzantines.
