Chapters 8, 9, 10

Chapter 8

I found chapter eight to be quite intersting.  It was fun to learn about how the different countries traded different things.  For example China sold things like "silk and bamboo", India sold things like "cotton and herbal medicains", Middle East sold things like "dates and nuts".  These are just some examples of this.  It was an interesting way how stayer introduced the exchange of goods.  The countries would transport their goods across roads which strayer called "silk roads".  Not only did goods travel along these silk roads but so did cultuers.  One such cultures are Buddhism.  It started at India and went thru China and beyond. 
The Implimentation of the ocean transportation was developed.  I like this idea because the rate of disease was ramped with road travel.  Strayer did  a good job in describing how one thing follows the other across the silk roads.  Sea travel soon became the norm of all the civilizations.Sand travel also became a norm just like Sea and Silk Road travel.  You have to have some form of transportation to move your goods and make money to live.  The people choose the form of trasportation that would best suit them.  Sand roads were used to transport what other countries did not.

Chapter 9 

 In chapter nine was when the women first had some freedom.  Their lives were less strict.  Strayer did a good job in giving examples of how the womens lives were less stict and they were able to do things like ride horses which they were not able to do before the Song Dynasty.  I think that it is true that if you have a strong influnce on someone they will pick up some of your ways and do the same things that you do.  Strayer talked about how China influenced other cultures and also impacted  Eurasia.  Strayer then explains how China becomes a Economic benefeciary.  China untimatly became a strong culture in a lot of ways.

Chapter 10

I had a good time reading this one because I learned at lot.  Espically about the ByZantine State and Christian Divergence.  It was neat to see how similar these churches are run and how they are run today.  Although there are similarities there are also major differences.The cathedral churches were very elaborate in design like now with art designs everywhere from wall to cieling.  I really enjoyed this chapter because i liked looking at the differences of churchs between now and back then.This chapter was probably one of the eaiser ones for me to read over all the rest so far.