I believe that the biggest change that occurred during the Classical period was simply the expansion and creation of larger civilizations. During this time period was when the large regional civilizations of China, India and Mediterranean formed. Before the Classical Period, these regions had been filled with smaller independent states, nomadic groups and/or tribes. During the Classical Period, they had been replaced by two large empires. It was also during this time that civilizations began trading with each other, it was also when civilizations (whether large or small) shared new ideas, new innovations and culture among each other through trade, war, and simply living near one another. That led to new products such as silk from Asia as well as iron.(that was used for tools and weaponry.
Another aspect that I feel could be considered one of the biggest change (which connects to my previous statement regarding all the trade that had begun) would be that after the large civilizations formed, their leaders worked to integrate their new civilizations with others' culturally and commercially. From this, classical civilizations grew larger in their geographic, economic, cultural, and political reach. Thus, during the Classical period, civilizations grew in population, technology, culture and economically thanks to the interactions that occurred between on another.
2 comments:
I agree with your blog because I thought that the biggest change that occured was the expansion and creation of larger civilizations as well. It was very well written and easy to understand.
I agree with you because the expansion and interaction of large countries are what lead to all the other changes, such as trade.
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