The Silk road was a major trade route that brought cultural diffusion throughout Asia and Europe. Merchants and traders would travel the dangerous route for miles and miles. The route had a big impact on many societies. Objects such as silk and silver were traded on this route. The silk road brought the east and west together. It started at China’s capital Xian and stretched to Antioch in Damascus (“The Silk Road Bridges” 1). It also lead to many parts around the Middle East. It was about 4‚000
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Silk Road and the Internet Inside every working anarchy there’s an Old Boy Network. The internet is a great and popular invention that has changed‚ developed and improved today’s society. Yo-Yo Ma‚ once described the famous historical Silk Road as the ‘Internet of Antiquity’ meaning‚ the ancient internet‚ how and why would Yo-Yo Ma come to such a theory‚ the Silk Road and the internet may not have existed during the same period of time but there are similarities and difference to prove Yo-Yo Ma’s
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The Silk Road began during the Han Dynasty in China. “ The network was used regularly from 130 B.C.E.‚ when the Han officially opened trade with the west‚ to 1453 C.E.‚ when the Ottoman Empire boycotted trade with the west and closed the routes.” This text states that the Silk Road lasted about 1583 years. The Chinese started using the Silk Road to mainly transport and trade their precious silk. It ran from China to the Mediterranean Sea. It branched out and extended in many different ways all across
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The Silk Road and Sea Trade: The Two Drivers to a Worldwide Expansion of Cross-Cultural Connections Before there were trains‚ planes‚ or automobiles‚ people had much more elementary ways of traveling long distances to interact with other cultures. There were no paved highways and signs showing where to turn to get to Mecca. Nope‚ the Mongols had to travel across the terrain that lay ahead of them‚ as difficult as it might have been‚ to conquer the Middle East. Also‚ they had the form of horses
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The Silk Road served as a link between areas from China to the Middle East. Empires were able to freely trade with other empires thanks to the many centers of trade along the route. At these trading centers‚ merchants traded both goods and culture. For example‚ at Dunhuang‚ Chinese merchants traded silk and horses. At this place‚ there were Buddhist temples carved into the rock face of a nearby cliff. Inside‚ there were statues and brightly colored paintings. In addition to trading goods with the
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Spreading from China to Rome‚ the Silk Road was established during the Han Dynasty‚ 206 B.C.E to 220 C.E.‚ due to the stability of this period and the increase in trade it brought. While fulfilling its initial function‚ throughout the period‚ 200 B.C.E to 1450 C.E.‚ multiple modifications did transpire. Trade of merchandise stayed constant‚ trade became more customary‚ while the focus of materials shifted over time. Geographically the Silk Road was altered overtime as political boundaries
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The Silk Road: CCOT Essay The Silk Road was an immense network of commerce that established relations between China and the west. Long distance trade enabled large imperial states to obtain luxury goods through overland trade routes‚ which eventually led not only to the spread of products but disease and religion as well. Between 200 and 1450 BCE‚ there were numerous changes along the silk routes that affected the rise and fall of many empires‚ including the spread of religion‚ products‚ and disease
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Silk Road: Tea The Silk Road was a series of historical trade routes that connected cultures of European and Asian countries. Hidden in Southwest China is a lesser-known trade route called Chamadao‚ literally translated as the Tea Horse Road‚ was a central trade route for the exchange of Tibetan horses and Chinese tea (Elaine). The route started in Southwest China‚ where tea was produced‚ led north into the Tibetan mountains and into India (Yang). Due to its economic and cultural impact‚ it has
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Exchanges on the Silk Roads After the fall of the Mauryas‚ the Kushan kingdom became the main political force in northern India. They were located across the main trade routes‚ and the Kushans prospered on the trade that was happening in that area. That area of trade and exchange was known as the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a trade route located between the Roman Empire and China‚ which also had a section that passed through the mountains northwest of India. From that area‚ goods where shipped
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Silk Road was a merchants’ heaven and a consumers’ dream. A place wherecultural diffusion was a natural occurrence and different rich cultures could both spread and blend with freedom and prosperity. This global marketplace was took hundreds of years tostart and played a major factor our cultural past. Due to the combination of people‚ products‚ideas‚ and modes of transit‚ the first global marketplace was able to widely spread differentcultural ideas‚ beliefs‚ and lifestyles across Europe and Asia
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