The Silk Road was a major pre-modern trade route‚ which linked the east with the west along a major land route and by land-based methods of transportation. The overarching connection with historical kingdoms and empires is traditionally based on the movement of silk and other luxury goods from China to the Roman Empire and throughout the Mediterranean. The effect of this trade brought about a major internationalization of trading partnerships with China‚ India‚ and other nations that would connect
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Susan Whitfield writes Life along the Silk Road based on character stories occurring between the eight and tenth century‚ all living at different times. She writes this history for several reasons. First‚ she writes it to change the negative perception of the history of Central Asia that we know through the annals of its neighbors. By explaining the history of the region through the eyes of its own occupants‚ it rids the history of any distorted views from neighboring civilizations. She uses the
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Benjamin Liang January 3‚ 2015 AP World History-P.2 CCOT During the post-classical era the Silk Road was active and very important. In Euriasia from 500-1500‚ the most dramatic changes due to expanding trade is the improvement of women status due to the spread of Islam and the further diffusion of technologies and ideas from there nodal points. However‚ China has always been the main producer of silk in Eurasia from 500-1500. Due to the spread of Islam through expanding trade networks from 500-1500
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From 200 B.C.E. and 1450 C.E.‚ the Silk Road changed‚ while at the same time holding on to its original purpose. The trade of spices and goods‚ to and from‚ Asia and Europe remained constant‚ while the materials being traded slowly changed. The political boundaries as well as the national identities of the countries in the Silk Road also were altered. While the basic purpose of the Silk Road remained mostly unchanged‚ the goods traded on it‚ and the areas it went through‚ did. While the Silk Road
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Silk Road DBQ Assessment The Silk Road is a touchstone for world history. It was a rich trans-regional vehicle for the transmission of art‚ religion‚ science and disease that also affords a glimpse into the politics and economic systems of the pre-modern world. . The Silk Road in World History (Suggested writing time – 40 minutes) You should spend at least 10 minutes reading‚ analyzing‚ and grouping the sources. Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Sources 1 -
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Many students unfamiliar with World History come to think of the Silk Roads as one road or literally a road made of silk. But it is not. The Silk Road can be thought of as a network of routes connecting the Eastern Mediterranean to Central Asia and Central Asia to China. These complex interconnecting routes included both land and sea routes. In fact‚ many goods reached Rome via the Mediterranean Sea. Along these routes‚ merchants would carry goods for trade. The goods being traded would often
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Silk Road The Silk Road was many things: a connection for the East and West‚ a valuable empire building resource‚ focus of cultures colliding‚ and a strategic trade route. The most important of these is the connection between the East and West. Without this trade route cultures would have developed completely different‚ and the already distant lands would be in seemingly different universes. Geography The Silk Road is not just one road‚ but an interconnected series of trade routes stretching
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It is know as the Silk Roads‚ this is a land based trade system and these routes have connected agriculture and pastoral people. Along with big civilizations on the continent’s border. No one knew the length of the networks’ of trade‚ it was a “relay trade” which is when goods are passed down the border. The Silk Roads began by blossoming in the early centuries‚ they provided safety for merchants and travelers‚ a large array of good made its way across the roads. The Silk Roads in a geographic unit
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The Silk Road was a very interesting time in life time history. The silk Road was the world’s first superhighway not literally a single road it consisted of a good network of trade routes connecting China with Central Asia and lands beyond all the way to Rome. Goods were usually transported by larch Caravana it’s made up of guides soldiers religious Pilgrims merchants and hundreds of fright bearing camels. The silk Road florist for more than 3000 years and had a major influence on the cultures of
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period 10/6/2012 SILK ROAD VS SAHARAN TRADE ROUTES The Silk Road and the Saharan Caravan trade routes had many differences and similarities in their development and the impact on the civilizations they made. They were comparable and diverse in many areas of society such as: the development of the empire and how it all began‚ architecture and writing that was developed‚ and the spread of religion throughout the region between 300 BCE – 600 CE. The Silk Road developed between 300 BCE and 600 CE. This
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