Consider the chemical arts of ancient china, for example. Each group wants to purchase two specific products that only other groups have. Depending on gravity, the karez consist of underground channels. Chaos monster and sun god austen henry layard monuments of nineveh, second series plate 1983, london, j. The silk road primarily refers to the land but also sea routes connecting east asia and southeast asia with south asia, persia, the arabian peninsula, east africa and. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed. The silk road chinese goods became highly valued in other lands, so trade routes began opening up.
The phrase in our own time has been used as a metaphor for central. Genghis khan used the route in his conquests of the early 1200s, and it was the silk road traders who carried the black death to asia in the 47. Silk road curriculum project 20182019 ingrid herskind 1 title of lesson plan. These first exchanges took place between the chinese, indian, kushan, iranian, steppenomadic, and mediterranean cultures. The silk road was and is a network of trade routes connecting the east and west, and was central to the economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between these regions from the 2nd century bce to the 18th century. Tell students that during the reading, they are to do two things. The silk road, as unesco noted in its write up of its project, is in fact a relatively recent term, and for the majority of their long history, these ancient roads had no particular 2 the boao forum is a nongovernmental and nonprofit international organisation proposed in 1998 by. It was full of difficulties and obstacles, but it was the only way for china to connect with the west between the second century b. In late 20, president xi jinping announced the new silk road or what has become known since then as the belt and road initiative bri. You are about to go on a journey along the silk road of the chinese tang dynasty 618917. The first silk roads era 50 bce 250 ce the first major period of silk roads trade occurred between about 50 bce and 250 ce. In ancient times, there were two major commercial trade routes connecting far east to west. Mar 15, 2018 this map indicates trading routes used around the 1st century ce centred on the silk road. This was one out of three directly linking routes to the silk road through the present nepal state.
The oncebustling streets of the silk road lay empty, and the cities that sprung up along the route are ruins buried in the sand. The famous generals wei qing and huo qubing defeated the huns. Along the silk road, there are also many ancient historical relics from which. We are going to analyse the interrelationship of these information and will publish it in the website. A comparative view of the ancient and 21st century maritime. Xian formerly known as changan, and once an imperial capital city was the eastern departure point for the silk. These preserved towns and villages contain ancient documents, which tell us a great deal about life on the silk road. For webquest or practice, print a copy of this quiz at ancient china the silk road webquest print page. Xi jinping and the new silk road since the chinese president xi jinping. Questions of ancient human settlements in xinjiang and the. Nov 27, 2017 towers of ancient city walls in xian, china, photographed on june 18, 2016.
A network of routes stretching more than 4,000 miles across asia. It is a network of interlinking trade routes or silk routes across the afroeurasian landmass which carried silk in the main to and fro. The silk road was actually a series of roads and routes that together made up a huge trade network that stretched from china to rome with many branching offshoots to the north and the south. You can see variety stunning landscape of mountains, prairie, desert and lakes. Download free pdf the silk road in world history by xinru liu. Stratton history 105 16 december 2015 the silk road and its impact on globalization in the novel, life along the silk road, the merchant nanaivandak traveled the silk road toward china, due to his love for mountainous terrain and his zeal for trade. One of them was the silk road and the other was the spice route. The silk road divided into two routes west of dunhuang. This is particularly apropos in view of the work being done at sites like mogao and others on the silk road. Many of these ancient places are known only by the coins they left behind. From the 2nd century bc silk became the main product carried by the chinese merchants to distant countries 1. Ancient silk road first global supply chain scm globe.
Note that many other trade routes connected to the silk road effect was that goods were available from regions that were a long distance from the silk road. A comparative view of the ancient and 21st century. Ancient coins of the silk road educational coin company. Reconsideration on foreign trade relations in ancient china. It went along the northern borders of china, india, and persia and ended up in eastern europe near todays turkey and the mediterranean sea. Sep 08, 2019 the ancient silk road was approximately 4,000 miles 6,440 km from its start in china to its end on the shore of the eastern mediterranean. Even though sections of the silk road have been buried by sand, the local dry climate has amazingly preserved several sites, which are thousands of years old. The ancient silk road xian chang an kashgar faqirabad hotan bc zhang qian embarked on a journey to the west and was credited for establishing the ancient silk road the journey of zhang qian along the ancient silk road four cities marked. Pdf the silk road, a transeurasian network of trade routes connecting east and southeast asia to central asia, india, southwest asia, the. The silk road and transeurasian exchange, co mparative studies of south asia, africa and the middle east 30.
Any form of text relating to the silk road is on account of human narratives, where myths play an equally important role. Under the han, trade routes were opened that allowed the chinese to trade with other ancient cultures. Pdf this article takes a long historical perspective on the silk road, attempting to see it from a chinese point of view. Ancient coins of the silk road 20 bronze coin collections. The spectacular geographic environment in northern china is diverse. Your task is to report back on what this journey tells you about life at the time, how trade brought different civilisations into contact with each. Travel, trade, war and faith whitefield and williams 2004 argue that some discrepancy exists with regard to names and places associated to the silk road. You will see things and learn how civilisations met and mixed. Pdf abstract the silk road had predominantly been a series of trade routes that intertwined their way through europe, central asia, persia. A photo trip along the ancient silk road the atlantic. One problem associated with this difficult environment was the drift of deserts into some of the. The class will be divided into six groups, each representing one important culture that traded along the silk road. The oncebustling streets of the silk road are empty and the cities that sprung up along the route are ruins buried in the sand.
The dynamics of trade along the silk road major sections along the silk road because silk road trade involved such long distances, goods had to be light and valuable. The mediterranean exported such cliche goods as olives, olive oil, wine, and mustachioed plumbers. Students will explore the silk road trade networks by investigating a route, mapping the best path. The goal is to obtain the greatest profit from trading. A second significant silk roads era ran from about 700 to 1200. Eight transformation factors for driving the new silk road. Conservation of ancient sites on the silk road 1997. Connecting the ancient world through trade by shannon harris castelo can be found on you tube if link does not work. This miniq asks you to become a traveler on the silk road and to record your experiences at different points on thejourney.
Antakya today is a lively and livable city with a mediterranean ambience, ethnically as much arab as turkish. Today, china is reviving this ancient silk road aiming to build stronger relationships with its neighbours through developing and sharing resources. He believed that the silk road was a road of foreign exchange that had been integrated with politics, economy and culture since zhang qians departure from the western region. As an academic concept, the silk road, named after the german scholar. The routes remain largely valid for the period 500 bce to 500 ce.
Jan romgard, ancient human settlements in xinjiang and the early silk road trade sinoplatonic papers, 185 november, 2008 6 insights into other peoples history and their cultural backgrounds, we can better understand and deal with what is happening today. Reconsideration on foreign trade relations in ancient. Another traverse from the silk road to the indian buddhist route went presumedly through the jumla and humla area, particularly during the time of the khas malla empire c. Chapter 4, a golden age emerges, describes the maturation of the silk road after the demise of the han, kushan, parthian, and roman empires, the development of the silk weaving industry in the byzantine empire, and the rapid growth of buddhism in china. Paper before the invention of paper, the chinese wrote on carefully prepared strips of wood and pieces of silk. All the questions on this quiz are based on information that can be found on the page at ancient china the silk road. The ancient silk road and the birth of merchant capitalism. For example, spices from india could be found in cities along the silk road.
Undertaking a history of the silk road is a formidable challenge because the silk road is not a clearly defined area, but rather convenient shorthand for the diverse land and sea trade routes that formed an extensive network covering most of eurasia and. The silk road was a network of ancient trade routes which connected europe with the far east, spanning from the yellow sea to the korean peninsula and cangarusina and the african continent. Nikolaus egel chinas oborproject and the history of the silk road 1. What can a journey along the silk road tell us about the past. Having met elena kuzmina at several conferences in the united states and kazakhstan during the mid1990s, i had. Xian, kashgar, faqirabad and hotan pwc repaving the ancient silk routes 3. Silk and porcelain were luxuries whose beauty delighted people all over the world. The term silk road refers to an ancient network of trails and trading routes connecting east asia to the mediterranean. The silk road began as far back as 4,000 years ago and got its name from the luxurious. The ancient silk road passed through desolate desert areas and over snowcapped peaks. Antakya is the ancient antioch, one of the four great cities of the classical world with rome, constantinople and alexandria, and a terminus of those branches of the silk road that traversed or skirted the syrian desert fig. Each group produces one valuable item that it trades with other groups.
Silk rd essay resources first week of april source 1. Map of the silk road routes ancient history encyclopedia. This meant that the goods traded along the silk road were often luxury goods such as silk, precious stones, felt, glass, coins, and dyes. Silk road activity cyrus tang hall of china silk road activity is the silk road an example of globalization. Today, silk road is naturally rathen a tourist route than a trade route. In chinese, the word for chemistry is hua xue, which literally means the study of change. Crash course world history 9 timing and description text 02. Recording the journey statues depicting an ancient caravan in the city of samarkand, formerly marakanda, an important stop on the silk road. And further application will be conducted based on this database. Pdf ancient glass from the silk road brigitte borell. Download pdf how to cite this work agnew, neville, ed. The silk road consisted of many cities, so it would be improper to not include africa or its cities.
Silk, paper, and porcelain were three of the most sophisticated products of premodern technology. If you are planning to use this as part of a visit to. The silk road flourished for more than 3,000 years and had a major influence on the cultures ofasia, europe, and africa. In this chapter, youll explore the great trade route known as the silk road. European world along ancient trade routes called the silk road. Pdf the silk road in world history by xinru liu warner. Pdf chinas oborproject and the history of the silk road. Proceedings of an international conference on the conservation of grotto sites. The silk road was a trade route that went from china to eastern europe. The silk road was the means by which trade moved overland between the middle east and. The silk road as a persianchina global route thus constitutes an accurate alternative model of globalization perhaps the first and significantly.
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