Silk Road: YO YO MA
Silk Road Vs Internet:
The internet is a modern global system of connected networks that serves over a billion people around the world. It is a network that consists of different and various sources related to academics, business, local and global politics, and various private and public sources. The internet is a modern way for different types of people all over the world to be able to come together and communicate. The Silk Road is a series of trade and cultural transmission, connecting the West and the East by linking traders, merchants, pilgrims, nomads, soldiers, and urban dwellers. This connection of people began all the way in China to the Mediterranean Sea during various different times. The silk has been compared to internet as a way for people to communicate and globalize. An example is when American Cellist Yo-Yo Ma described the Silk Road as the “Internet of Antiquity”.
In this essay I am going to compare the Internet and the Silk Road and see to what extent Yo-Yo Ma’s statement is agreeable.
The Silk Road is now over a thousand years old, although it can still relate to our modern era. Today using the internet we explore different and share different ideas, cultures, traditions and belief. An example could me clothing. Clothing is a very essential in many cultures over the world. Since we talk about the Silk Road we can involve the silk from China. When the Chinese discovered Silk, other countries were willing to trade their valuable things for Silk. Due to this many traders and merchants travelled across the Silk Road to trade and sell their items. These traders would go to all the different countries where they could trade their silk for something nice. Also, they would mostly be around the marketplaces and the caravanserais, this is to attract a large number of people.
Similarly, in the modern era items such as clothes can be traded over the internet. Even though it doesn’t require to travel a lot it is still possible. This happens because
The internet is a modern global system of connected networks that serves over a billion people around the world. It is a network that consists of different and various sources related to academics, business, local and global politics, and various private and public sources. The internet is a modern way for different types of people all over the world to be able to come together and communicate. The Silk Road is a series of trade and cultural transmission, connecting the West and the East by linking traders, merchants, pilgrims, nomads, soldiers, and urban dwellers. This connection of people began all the way in China to the Mediterranean Sea during various different times. The silk has been compared to internet as a way for people to communicate and globalize. An example is when American Cellist Yo-Yo Ma described the Silk Road as the “Internet of Antiquity”.
In this essay I am going to compare the Internet and the Silk Road and see to what extent Yo-Yo Ma’s statement is agreeable.
The Silk Road is now over a thousand years old, although it can still relate to our modern era. Today using the internet we explore different and share different ideas, cultures, traditions and belief. An example could me clothing. Clothing is a very essential in many cultures over the world. Since we talk about the Silk Road we can involve the silk from China. When the Chinese discovered Silk, other countries were willing to trade their valuable things for Silk. Due to this many traders and merchants travelled across the Silk Road to trade and sell their items. These traders would go to all the different countries where they could trade their silk for something nice. Also, they would mostly be around the marketplaces and the caravanserais, this is to attract a large number of people.
Similarly, in the modern era items such as clothes can be traded over the internet. Even though it doesn’t require to travel a lot it is still possible. This happens because