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  2022 Reading List Bresnan, Patrick S. Awakening: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought . Routledge 6 th ed., 2018. This book engages readers with lively anecdotes, essential primary and secondary sources, an accessible writing style, and a clear historical approach. The text focuses primarily on India, China, and Japan, while showing the relationships that exist between Eastern and Western traditions. Author consistently links the past to the present, so readers may see those Eastern traditions, however ancient their origins, are living traditions and relevant to modern times.   Ferrell, O.C., et al.   Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases . Cengage 12 th  ed., 2019. The purpose of this book is to help students improve their ability to make ethical decisions in business by providing them with a framework that they can use to identify, analyze, and resolve ethical issues in business decision making. By studying business ethics, s...

  Silk Road Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. In telling the Story of the Silk Road, I cited from the book by Patrick S. Bresnan entitled Awakening: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought, in chapter 16: "Early Buddhism in China," and also in the video “The Silk Road: Where East Met West: Episode 1,” taken from the Cosumnes River College library: Films on Demand. Before discussing further, it's good to know what is called The Silk Road. Here, the Silk Road is not referred to as a road made of Silk. “The Silk Road refers to the network of routes used by traders for more than 1,500 years, since the Han Dynasty in China opened trade in 130 B.C.E until 1453 C.E. The term served as a metaphor for the exchange of goods and ideas between different cultures.” (National geographic). Bresnan's text does not describe the existence of Islam in depth, and only mention about the rise of Islam. On the other hand, Bresnan's text describe in detail about the spread of Bud...