The Silk Road was a trade route for the merchants and for the transport of goods and ideas that connected world long ago. At times‚ the Silk Road could be extremely dangerous. According to journeysonthesilkroad.com‚ some of those dangers were death from starving‚ extreme thirst‚ being attacked by bandits and sandstorms. The nomadic Mongols lived in the areas that a certain merchant‚ Marco Polo‚ visited. In those areas‚ Mongols were extremely militaristic‚ campaigning near the same routes that Marco
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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 travel further
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The Silk Road: Past and Present Starting from the 2nd century BC‚ to the end of the 14th century AD‚ a great trade route stretched from Chang ’An in the East and ended at the Mediterranean at Antioch in the West‚ linking China and the Roman Empire. Ferdinand von Richthofen – a well-known German geographer‚ named it the Silk Road in 1877. The Silk Road has been one of the most important trade routes since the connection between Europe and Asia was established; however‚ what are the differences
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Life Along The Silk Road During the outward-looking rule of China’s Tang dynasty (seventh-ninth century C. E. )‚ sophisticated people in northeastern Iran developed such a taste for expensive‚ imported Chinese pottery that they began to imitate it in great quantity for sale to people who could not afford the real thing. And in northern China there was a vogue for beautiful pottery figurines of camels laden with caravan goods or ridden by obviously non-Chinese merchants‚ musicians‚ or entertainers
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John Ray III Mr. Lee 9 Honors World History 27 October 2015 Silk Road The Silk Road was a very important and prosperous trading route that began around 138 B. C. These were routes that were paramount to the exchanges and interactions between civilizations. These routes connected the west and east by monks‚ soldiers‚ merchants‚ pilgrims‚ also nomads. The Route traveled through china‚ the highlands of the Pamir and Tian Shan ranges‚ the Tarima basin‚ and onto‚ Afghanistan‚ Central Asia‚ and
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over time: Silk Road (200B.C.E-1450C.E) During the time between 200 B.C.E and 1450 C.E‚ many profound transformations were made to the Silk Road‚ but it still held on to its original purpose. Although the similarities may outweigh the changes‚ the Silk Road diffused disease along with culture‚ adapted to overseas trade‚ helped to forge a connection between Asian and European markets and triggered periods of Enlightenment in Europe. The Silk Road started‚ mainly‚ as a way for trade to flourish
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C.E.. Between 1000 BCE and 1200 CE‚ it expanded greatly. The principle relied heavily on changes in trade networks‚ governmental alliances‚ religion and the continuity of warfare and social hierarchies. Trade networks are crucial to any economic scenario. They allow for the free flow of goods and services to be carried out over wide expanses of land and both within and throughout cultures. Examples of this are most notable for Marco Polo and his expedition across the Silk Road. The expansion of this
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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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Essay Jack Walker The Silk Road from the period of 200bce to 1450ce had many patterns of interaction that change and stayed the same over time. The patterns of interaction that changed over 200bce to 1450ce were the safety of the roads due to expansion of government with protective borders. Items that were traded along the Silk Road changed during the years 200bce to 1450ce. Lastly religion exchange on the Silk Road changed during the years of 200bce to 140ce. The patterns
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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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