Silk Road DBQ Assessment The Silk Road is a touchstone for world history. It was a rich trans-regional vehicle for the transmission of art‚ religion‚ science and disease that also affords a glimpse into the politics and economic systems of the pre-modern world. . The Silk Road in World History (Suggested writing time – 40 minutes) You should spend at least 10 minutes reading‚ analyzing‚ and grouping the sources. Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Sources 1 -
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Many students 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
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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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Prompt B: Analyze continuities and changes in patterns of interactions along the Silk Roads from 200 BCE to 1450 CE. The silk road remained pretty much the same between 200 BCE to 1450 CE. During this time disease‚ culture and trade spread all around from Asian to European markets. The Silk Road started as a trade route between Europe and Asia. Asians prospered from exporting goods such as silk‚ spices‚ porcelain‚ and jade‚ to Europeans who were interested in luxury items. It quickly turned in
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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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Motayam Bazrouk Mr.Wai Period 5 12-6-14 CCOT Essay During the 1800’s Europe went through a time where countries started wanting become united. These countries were Italy‚ Germany‚ Ottoman Empire‚ and Austria. The purpose for this was that Napoleon was constantly invading these countries and easily defeating them. This sparked the need and wants to become one unified country. In the case of Germany unifying their country lead to becoming one strengthened nation. In the situation of the Ottomans
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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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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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of the Silk Roads from 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E. From 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E.‚ the Silk Roads was extremely important in connecting the empires of the east to the empires of the west. While goods were traded along these routes‚ the empires and people tied to the Silk Roads changed over time. The Silk Road’s constant trading of goods allowed new technology and religions to be dispersed throughout the east and west during this time frame‚ and not only did the ideas that travelled the Silk Roads change
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Silk Road The Silk Road was many things: a connection for the East and West‚ a valuable empire building resource‚ focus of cultures colliding‚ and a strategic trade route. The most important of these is the connection between the East and West. Without this trade route cultures would have developed completely different‚ and the already distant lands would be in seemingly different universes. Geography The Silk Road is not just one road‚ but an interconnected series of trade routes stretching
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