Question

Write about the trade route that knitted together Asia, and linked Asia with Europe and North Africa.
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Illustrate about different images developed in 1900 that offer a triumphant account of the modern world.
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What were the changes occured in the work available to women in London between the 19th and 20th centuries?

Answer 1

The silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modem trade and cultural links between distant parts of the world. This route knitted together Asia, and linked Asia with Europe and North America. The name 'silk routes' points to the importance of west-bound Chinese silk cargoes along this route.
Historians have identified several silk routes, over land and by sea, knitting together vast regions of Asia and linking Asia with Europe and Northern Africa.
They are known to have existed since before the Christian era and thrived almost till the 15th century. Chinese pottery also travelled the same route, as did textiles and spices from India and South-East Asia. In return, precious metals gold and silver flew from Europe to Asia. Trade end cultural exchange always went hand in hand. Early Christian missionaries almost certainly travelled this route to Asia, as did early Muslim preachers a few centuries later. Buddhism emerged from Eastern India and spread in several directions through Intersecting points on the silk routes.
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In 1900, a popular music publisher ET Paull produced a music book that had a picture on the cover page announcing the 'Dawn of the Century'. At the center of the picture is a goddess-like figure, the angel of progress, bearing the flag of the new century. She is gently perched on a wheel with wings, symbolising time. Her flight is taking her into the future. Floating about, behind her, are the signs of progress; railway, camera, machines, printing press and factory.
This glorification of machines and technology is even more marked in a picture which appeared on the pages of a trade magazine over a hundred years ago. The one at the top is Alladin from the orient who built a beautiful palace with his magic lamp. The one at the bottom is the modem mechanic, who with his modern tools weaves a new magic; builds bridges, ships, towers and high-rise buildings.
These images offer a triumphant account of the modern world. Within this account, the modern world is associated with rapid technological change and innovations.
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The changes occurred in the work available to women in London between the 19th and 20th centuries were as follows
(i) In the early 19th century, factories employed a large number of women in Britain. But with technological development, women gradually lost their jobs in factories and they were forced to work in household.
(ii) According to Census 1861, there were recorded a quarter of a million domestic servants in London. of them vast majority were women who were mainly migrants.
(iii) A large number of women tried to enhance their family income by taking in lodgers. They were also involved mainly in activities like tailoring, washing, match box making etc.
(iv) Once again there were changes with the starting of World War. Then women withdrew from domestic services and got employment in wartime industries and office.
(v) By 1917, over 700000 women in Britain were employed in ammunitian factories. The change of profession also made an overall change in women's clothing and attitude. By the 20th century, women became more professional and economically independent.