great civilizations of the past became great because they mastered the art of trading.” The Silk Road is one of the earliest examples of a supply chain. Goods and ideas were moved and traded across long distances in a system of routes and cities that formed the Silk Road. The Silk Road did not consist of one route or one time period. It was not even called the Silk Road until the eighteenth century. The Silk Road was a network of many different routes crossing the terrain and connecting cities and cultures
trains, ships and airplanes to transport goods from one place to another, there was the Silk Road. Beginning in the sixth century, this route was formed and thus began the first major trade system. Although the term “Silk Road” would lead one that it was on road, this term actually refers to a number of different routes that covered a vast amount of land and were traveled by many different people. Along with silk, large varieties of goods were traded and traveled along this route both going to and
overland routes, popularly known as the Silk Road The term Silk Road does not refer to a single, clearly defined road or highway, but rather denotes a network of trails and trading posts, oasis and markets scattered all across Central Asia. All along the way, branch routes led to destinations off to the side of the main route, with one especially important branch leading to northwestern India, and thus to other routes throughout the subcontinent. The Silk Road network is generally thought of as stretching
considered as luxuries? - What items were considered as necessities? - What items were least popular? When people think of the Silk Road, people will think of trade, but not many people know about the things that were traded. Different countries have different things that they need, and also different countries have resources that others might want. In Ancient China Silk was one of the things that all the other countries wanted. So I wanted to research about the popular goods and necessities that
The Silk Road was brought about around 200 B.C.E as a trading route from Western Rome to the Han Dynasty. Innumerable diverse patterns of interaction have taken place since then, coming to a halt around 1450 C.E. These changes and continuities generally revolved around products, cultural expression, and religion. The products traded along the Silk Road played a crucial role in the patterns of interaction; the focus of the Silk Road. Ferghana war horses were the first products to be traded on the
importance of the topic to the time period. The silk road, in it’s time, was a huge advancement to the trade and communication of many different kingdoms and empires. It stretched from China to Eastern Europe. The routes followed the northern borders of India, Persia, and China and ended up in Eastern Europe near modern day Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. It was given the name the silk road because one of the main products traded along the route was silk from China. Merchants and Tradesmen traveled
named the road the Silk Road, because silk was the major trade product, which traveled on this road. Silk Road was all about neighbors exchanging goods, silk, culture, ideas, knowledge, and beliefs. Silk Road is the most extraordinary exchanging course of antiquated Chinese development. The exchange of silk grew under the Han Dynasty in the first and second hundreds of years. Initially, the Chinese exchange silk inside, within the realm. Parades from the domains inside would convey silk to the western
The Silk Road and Cultural Exchange goes way back to the ancient times. The Silk Road was established during the Han Dynasty of China. The Silk Road was a network of trade routes it had two routes that were explored by many people whose journey was to central Asia to the Eastern Mediterranean or central Asia to China. Many places have traveled through a famous trade route called the “cultural bridge”. The Silk Road wasn’t just a channel for merchants to sell, share and trade ideas, clothing and
The Silk Road, a series of passageways connecting China with the Mediterranean completely changed the world. These series of trade routes allowed the advancement of technology and cultural diversity like never seen before. These routes connected many different civilizations allowing the exchange of goods and ideas. This variety of nationalities made it a “Cultural Bridge between Asia and Europe. ” Before these pathways were established trade was nearly impossible due to extreme desert conditions
Part A Plan of Investigation This investigation attempts to analyze the Silk Road’s impact on cultural diffusion. The Silk Road was a trade route connecting Eastern China to the Mediterranean regions. It was incredibly important because it brought Europe, Asia, and the Middle East together in trade, and allowed them to trade goods and ideas. The parameters are the cultural diffusion east meets west and the spread of religion. It will focus on the time period between the 2nd and the late 17th centuries
People have always traveled, moving from place to place, taking with them goods, which they found they could exchange with others as they traversed. They learned to exchange goods, but they also exchanged skills and ideas (SILK ROAD Dialogue). But how could these exchanges influence literature? According to Dictionary.com, literature refers to “writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest are characteristic or essential features, as poetry,
The Silk Road was a colossal interconnected networked generated by established trade routes that spanned the whole Eurasian continent as told by religious travelers, historians, and merchants. The vast Silk road had people of different ethnicities travel itself, and even document it. Faxian was a Chinese Buddhist monk that had traveled the Silk Road. (Source 3) According to Faxian, their were “ a multitude of monks and a succession of very many monasteries”, this indicates that Buddhism spread
modern invention? Many today argue no; that globalization began thousands of years ago. The Silk Road, the famous network of trade roads that ran from China to Europe, was the first truly global exchange (What). These trails spread thousands of miles, through new lands and with new people, and ended in faraway nations first believed to be on the edge of fantasy. In this paper the author argues that the Silk Road began
The Silk Road was commonly known as “a merchants’ heaven and a consumers’ dream.” It was a place where culture, and religion were spread. The Silk Road was a network of trade routes connecting China and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe. It started under the Han Dynasty around the second century BC to the end of the fourteenth century AD. The Silk Road was named after silk because it was a major trade product along the route. Many other products like food, glass, and silk were also traded
The Silk Road has many simmilarities and differences within the Ghana empire. The Ghana empire traded mainly sailt and gold. Ghana is connected to the Silk Road because Ghana traded on the Silk Road. One difference is that Ghana is a civilization and the Silk Road is a branch of trade routes. Many civilizations traded along the Silk Road. Also, many civilizationd conquered an attcked Ghana. Both Ghana and the Silk Road affected people in many ways. The Silk Road had a lot of geography. Ghana had
Sofia Morales HIS 150_1 Asian History February 3, 2015 The Silk Road: Importance of Cultural Diffusion The Silk Road was known as a “heaven” for merchants and consumers alike. It was a gathering of different civilizations and cultures where people from all over the world can not only share their products but also their ideas and religion. It consisted of both land and sea routes that many caravans and ships had to cross. While the Silk Road originated as a route between the countries for merchants
During 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E., the Silk Road changed from a simple trade route with Europe to an international business, and its political power shifted from the Chinese dynasties to the Mongols taking over the Silk Road; despite these political and economic changes, the Silk Road remained a trade route that facilitated cultural diffusion and exchange. Stretching beyond 4,000 miles and serving as a major trade route between China and western Europe, the Silk Road assimilated different cultures while
In ancient China, the Silk Road was an invaluable highway system used to transport valuable trade items and knowledge and ideas throughout Asia. Many valuable goods were shipped off and profit was made from trading with Rome, India, and China. With the Silk Road, valuable goods and ideas spread efficiently; areas were revolutionized and it allowed for cultural diffusion to occur. Many valuables were exchanged along the Silk Road, not only were items traded, but new ideas as well. One of “the most
The Silk Road was a trading route, beginning in China and created during the Han Dynasty, which acted as the main course of trade throughout Eurasia. Running through its routes were not only european luxuries, but ideas, religions, and even disease! From 200 BC to 1450 AD, the Silk Road’s patterns of interactions changed with the Black Plague and the spread of Islam and Buddhism, but the Silk Road maintained continuity with the goods that passed along its routes and its main purpose. Disease, religion
other are believed to have been made in China, influenced by foreign craftsmen. 1 • Western-looking faces and the Roman artistic motif of cherubs along undulating wreaths were discovered at Buddhist stupas in Miran, dating to before the 5th century.2 • Silk with Chinese characters woven into the cloth has been found in Palmyra, Syria, dating from 100-300 CE, some of the earliest Chinese art to be found in West Asia.3 • The Afrasaib Murals, found in Samarkand, depicts both Chinese and Zoroastrian scenes