Scenario: You are a merchant in ancient China who is involved in trading porcelain. You have noticed an increase in demand for porcelain goods in Europe. Because you need to transport more porcelain to Europe, you are considering using ships instead of the land route. Shipping has become more reliable since the invention of the magnetic compass, but it is still dangerous and expensive. You can only transport goods once per year using ships. You have been using a land caravan to transport your porcelain for years. You can send three shipments overland each year, but land shipment takes twice as long. What transportation will you decide to use? Describe the costs of transporting porcelain by land or by sea in ancient China. In other words, what are the drawbacks of each method of transportation?
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Chinese porcelain influenced the ceramics of importing countries, and was in turn, influenced by them. For example, importers commissioned certain shapes and designs, and many more were developed specifically for foreign markets; these often found their way in to the repertory of Chinese domestic items.

Silk Road, also called Silk Route, ancient trade route, linking China with the West, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and China. Silk went westward, and wools, gold, and silver went east. China also received Nestorian Christianity and Buddhism (from India) via the Silk Road.

Besides silk, the Chinese also exported (sold) teas, salt, sugar, porcelain, and spices. Most of what was traded was expensive luxury goods. This was because it was a long trip and merchants didn't have a lot of room for goods.

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.