The Silk Road
From 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E., the Silk Road played an extremely important role in connecting China in the East to the empires of the west. While they had traded goods, nations, and people were involved in the changes that had took over time, and the continuities of the flow of new technology, religion, customs, ideas, and the plague that had a huge impact on trade, killing many people, spreading diseases, and making it hard to travel. Interactions along the silk roads from 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E. also changed the spread and uses of silk, as well as aspects of religion while spreading disease the entire time, destroying empires. At approximately 200 B.C.E., the Silk Roads had finally come into use, and at this time, they had linked to the Roman empire to the Han dynasty. Both of the empires dominated their respective regions, and were very wealthy, and very powerful. They had many luxury goods, such as silk, which was traded as a typical item. These goods were different from common goods, because they were exotic and usually came from very far away place. They also used roads, which were used very often, especially being used during the Pax Romana, and the Han
Golden Age. the silk road underwent many subtle transformations 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 bartered slowly changed. The political boundaries as well as the national identities of the encompassing countries also were altered. In 476 C.E., Western Rome fell, which had caused the rise of Eastern
Rome, which is also known now as the Byzantine empire. The Byzantine empire lasted for nearly a thousand years. They also picked up trade where Rome left off, having a considerably smaller sale when the Han dynasty fell. They later grew into an international necessity, not only economically, but culturally as well.
Eastern Rome also became “addicted” to their
Golden Age. the silk road underwent many subtle transformations 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 bartered slowly changed. The political boundaries as well as the national identities of the encompassing countries also were altered. In 476 C.E., Western Rome fell, which had caused the rise of Eastern
Rome, which is also known now as the Byzantine empire. The Byzantine empire lasted for nearly a thousand years. They also picked up trade where Rome left off, having a considerably smaller sale when the Han dynasty fell. They later grew into an international necessity, not only economically, but culturally as well.
Eastern Rome also became “addicted” to their