How Did The Silk Roads Spread Eurasia
Did you know that across Eurasia there were goods, thoughts, diseases, and ideas that traveled over 2000 years with the Silk Roads and the Sea Roads. My first focus will be on the cultures that spread throughout the silk road. Second will be about the diseases that spread. Last will be about how the goods that got passed throughout the silk road.
The main culture that got spread was Buddhism. Buddhism spread from India to Central Asia, China, and beyond. It often applied to the merchants in the sixth century B.C.E. Zoroastrianism mainly blocked the spread of Buddhism in west Persian. While in Central Asia, Buddhism was spreading fast and many people took hold of it. Also, the Buddhist merchants earned religious merit from building monasteries and supporting monks. These are some of the ways that Buddhism spread throughout the silk roads from 500 B.C.E to 1400 C.E.
Diseases are also a big factor in the spreading across of the Silk Road and through the seas. Diseases have many consequences from them spreading across the silk road. Afro-Eurasia had developed mechanisms for dealing with them. But when they were exposed to other communities they were exposed to unfamiliar diseases which they had little immunity too. Throughout …show more content…
One way was across the Silk Roads, they traveled with their goods with camel caravans. They used the camels to go to Central Asia but they went through "harsh Dangerous steppers, deserts, and oases". While transportation costs were lower over Sea than on land. They started to use ships, ships could carry heavier and larger cargoes than camels. They used these ships across the Indian ocean and they called them Sea Roads. One of the biggest goods used to trade was Silk. In Central Asia silk was used as a way of showing how wealthy you were, the more silk you wear the wealthier you are. These are just a few of the ways that goods got passed around in this
The main culture that got spread was Buddhism. Buddhism spread from India to Central Asia, China, and beyond. It often applied to the merchants in the sixth century B.C.E. Zoroastrianism mainly blocked the spread of Buddhism in west Persian. While in Central Asia, Buddhism was spreading fast and many people took hold of it. Also, the Buddhist merchants earned religious merit from building monasteries and supporting monks. These are some of the ways that Buddhism spread throughout the silk roads from 500 B.C.E to 1400 C.E.
Diseases are also a big factor in the spreading across of the Silk Road and through the seas. Diseases have many consequences from them spreading across the silk road. Afro-Eurasia had developed mechanisms for dealing with them. But when they were exposed to other communities they were exposed to unfamiliar diseases which they had little immunity too. Throughout …show more content…
One way was across the Silk Roads, they traveled with their goods with camel caravans. They used the camels to go to Central Asia but they went through "harsh Dangerous steppers, deserts, and oases". While transportation costs were lower over Sea than on land. They started to use ships, ships could carry heavier and larger cargoes than camels. They used these ships across the Indian ocean and they called them Sea Roads. One of the biggest goods used to trade was Silk. In Central Asia silk was used as a way of showing how wealthy you were, the more silk you wear the wealthier you are. These are just a few of the ways that goods got passed around in this