things amongst countries. One of the most outstanding trade routes in the past was the Silk Road found in China. It was a route used by many people to travel and transport goods such as silk‚ paper‚ livestock‚ jewels‚ and much more‚ from East to West China. It consisted of land and sea routes‚ which made transportation and traveling convenient for man in that time period. There were many items traded along the Silk Road that had a profound impact on the development of the cultures‚ religions and other
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The Silk Road‚ once a popular trade route‚ slowly was overshadowed by the growing Indian Ocean trade. The Indian Ocean trade route was more efficient‚ easier to travel‚ and much faster. Meanwhile the Silk Road became less traveled because of its harsh geography‚ the spread of disease‚ and the fall of the empires that supported the trade. Differences in geography caused the Silk Road to decline and expanded the Indian Ocean trade. Both routes experienced different kinds of difficulties. The Silk
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Uy Ngo 7th period 10/6/2012 SILK ROAD VS SAHARAN TRADE ROUTES The Silk Road and the Saharan Caravan trade routes had many differences and similarities in their development and the impact on the civilizations they made. They were comparable and diverse in many areas of society such as: the development of the empire and how it all began‚ architecture and writing that was developed‚ and the spread of religion throughout the region between 300 BCE – 600 CE. The Silk Road developed between 300 BCE
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The Silk Road had a drastic impact on the eastern hemisphere. From the history of its beginnings to the influence it had on Roman Society. The commerce revolved around it focused mainly on silk‚ however other goods were also traded as well as unintentional things such as disease. This boom in commerce could be said to have drastically affected economy and culture‚ but it could be concluded that demography was the most affected by the Silk Road. The economy in China boomed with the Silk Road. China
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Although the patterns of interactions along the Silk Roads from 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E. changed in the way items were traded and the amount of items traded‚ its continuities stayed relatively the same as it relates to the trade of goods to and from Asia and Europe‚ all of which led to a global connection of trade goods and active worldwide commerce. In the beginning of this period‚ around 200 BCE the Silk Road was just developing and China was in control as the route opened up to the west. Technologies
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The Silk Road’s Long Term benefits Even though the Silk Road helped people at the time‚ it’s long term benefits‚ such as a more globalized world‚ were the most important and greatest effect that the Silk Road did for mankind. The trading of expensive goods help only the people with money and the people without money and were unable to benefit from the entirety of the Silk Road trade and were hurt by it in terms of the black death. This plague is considered to be one of history’s worst epidemics
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ross Cultural Exchanges and the Silk Road Edit 0 0 130… Cross Cultural Exchanges and the Silk Road Notes (pg. 287-310) In the year 139 B.C.E.‚ the Chinese emperor Han Wudi sent an envoy named Zhang Qian on a mission to lands west of china. The emperor’s purpose was to find allies who could help combat the nomadic Xiongnu‚ who menaced the northern and western borders of the Han empire. From captives he had learned that other nomadic peoples in far wester lands bore grudges against the Xiongnu
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Xiao Jie Yang History 9:30 The Silk Road Journey The Silk Road is one of the oldest and longest trade routes known in the ancient world. Xuan Zang is the only person in history known to have made the whole journey from the Tang capital of Chang’an all the way to India and then back. However‚ his sixteen years‚ ten thousand mile journey is a huge sacrifice that brought culture‚ religion‚ ideas‚ and various commodities together and connected China to the rest of the kingdoms to the west
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discovered what the other had to offer. The Silk Road was the most significant and important trade route for many hundreds of years‚ especially during the Tang dynasty. Although it is called the Silk Road‚ there was a variety of products and even ideas that were transported across the continents. The Silk Road saw many goods‚ such as silk and spices‚ travel from Europe to Asia and from Asia to Europe‚ and the route greatly influenced both the East and West. The Silk Road is said to have started in the
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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
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