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    Silk Road Religion

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    stability. The boundaries that were formed by the Qin were still maintained‚ extended and secured. The Chinese control over strategic stretches of Central Asia led to the opening of the Silk Road. Silk Road is a land route that linked China by trade all the way to Rome. One of the precious goods that were traded was silk‚ which had been cultivated and woven in China since at least the third millennium BCE. Paper was invented during Han dynasty but it was not used for paintings until later‚

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    The Silk Road: CCOT Essay The Silk Road was an immense network of commerce that established relations between China and the west. Long distance trade enabled large imperial states to obtain luxury goods through overland trade routes‚ which eventually led not only to the spread of products but disease and religion as well. Between 200 and 1450 BCE‚ there were numerous changes along the silk routes that affected the rise and fall of many empires‚ including the spread of religion‚ products‚ and disease

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    The Silk Road served as a link between areas from China to the Middle East. Empires were able to freely trade with other empires thanks to the many centers of trade along the route. At these trading centers‚ merchants traded both goods and culture. For example‚ at Dunhuang‚ Chinese merchants traded silk and horses. At this place‚ there were Buddhist temples carved into the rock face of a nearby cliff. Inside‚ there were statues and brightly colored paintings. In addition to trading goods with the

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    Art and its influence on the Silk Road Outline : 1. Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Art : Gupta Period (320-550 CE) a. Gupta Culture --- Science‚ Mathematics‚ Medicine‚ Literature‚ Religion‚ Art b. Gupta Art in Ajanta Cave --Sculpture‚ architecture --Mural Paintings c. Buddha image in Gupta Art and its influence 2. Transmission of Buddhism & Buddhist Art along Silk Road a. Northern Routes (inland routes): Afghanistan‚ Central Asia‚ China b. Southern Routes (sea routes): South Asia‚ Southeast Asia

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    Dean Yeostros Silk Road Essay 10-12-12 Period 6 During the time between 300 C.E. and 1450 C.E. the trade routes between the Eurasian landmass and Africa were primarily along the Silk Road which ran from Eastern China to the Middle East. The sea based trade was also very large between India and Africa. These trade routes were affected by factors such as religion‚ the extensive trade of precious items and the rise and fall of several empires. But through it all‚ there

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    The Silk Road opened many doors for the spreading of ideas‚ goods and culture. Through the Silk Road many cultures were able to advance through new ideas from their partnered civilizations. These new ideas helped the civilizations of the classical period prosper for long periods of time. Goods were traded along the Silk Road from all over the world. In doc. 1 it shows that silk spread from China to Rome. In doc. 4 the necklace was made of pearls possibly from India and was traded to China from

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    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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    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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    The Silk Road is not one large road that connected the Mediterranian to East Asia‚ but instead it is multiple interconntected trade routes that connected multiple worlds through land and sea. The Silk Road did not just connect China to Europe‚ it connected many areas that contributed to selling their goods that would travel to other places like Japan‚ India‚ and Egypt. Sometimes goods would travel on ship through the Arabian Sea‚ the South China Sea‚ and the Medditteranian. The Silk Road connected

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    Throughout the period 200 BCE to 1450 CE‚ the Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes connecting the Western and Eastern Empires that were central to cultural diffusion through areas of the Asian continent. The Silk Road played an extremely important role in the growth of trade and the exchanging of culture‚ language‚ ideas‚ and religion. During this time period in Western Europe many changes took place‚ however the main purpose of the Silk Road stayed intact. In 200 BCE‚ Western Europe relied

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