The Influence of Silk and the Silk Road in China

The Silk Road, a series of passageways connecting China with the Mediterranean, completely changed the world. These trade routes allowed the advancement of technology and cultural diversity like never before seen. 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 and high

The ancient Silk Road promoted an exchange of good and ideas. The ancient Silk Road was a trade route which people used materials that other civilization had never seen before. Silk was a popular trade item because it was smooth and light. The founder of the Silk Road was originally going on the route to make a peace treaty. Along the way culture was spread and new teachings, in India, the religion Buddhism was also passed along because of the Silk Road. The Silk Road changed the world forever

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

elements from rest of the world. European gathered things like cast iron, magnetic compasses, gunpowder, and silk mostly from Far East, China through the hand of merchants. Europeans took almost 1500 years to well operate the technological and cultural learning.In the book The Silk Road in World History, Xinru Liu provides an innovatively comprehensive way to expose The Silk Road, to place The Silk Road as the example of the world history and talk about it both globally and locally for “Examining our world

Throughout history roads and routes has been an important means of transportation to the world. In today’s society roads connect us to different cities, and used for shipping valuables. Human beings constantly use these routes as a way to trade their product repeating what others have done throughout history. The Silk Road was one of the main routes used for trading valuables and merchandise. The road stretched from China and along the Mediterranean Sea being used by mankind for thousands of years

trades between Silk Roads and the Indian Ocean, both went through some changes along with being tied to each other. For the silk roads, Roman and Egyptian Jews would travel through the silk roads as they were the most common traders. Although for the Indian ocean Muslim traders had dominated the sea. The world's shipping lanes was the Indian ocean during the years 1100-1500 A.D, as Arab sailors soon were masters of the sea trade in the ocean. When northern groups had taken over parts of silk routes, sea

Throughout ancient China and Japan, many people would assume that monsoon Asia was isolated with no connections with Europe. However, even though China and Japan are known for their own independent and distinct culture from being isolated from foreign countries, trade routes spread the Chinese and Japanese cultures with European countries and the Roman Empire through the Silk Road and coastal sea ports. Some of the effects of trade with Europe can be seen in some modern day instances in Japan and

The Silk Road is incredibly significant in the connection of the Eurasian civilizations. From China in the East to Rome in the West, it’s coverage around Europe and Asia was immense in both length and value. It allowed for the introduction of various resources, inventions, and beliefs for the whole ancient world to experience. Where did these trade routes come from? What civilizations were connected and benefiting from the trade? How did other nations benefit from the Silk Road’s exchange of ideas

The Columbian Exchange was a region of trade that occurred during period of biological and cultural exchanges of the Atlantic states. Exchanges of culture, ideas, diseases, slaves and technology transformed European and Native American societies. In 1492 the exchange lasted throughout the years of European expansion and exploration. The Columbian Exchange affected the social and cultural aspects of the old and new world. Advancements in agricultural production, development of warfare, mortality

ADVANCED PLACEMENT WORLD HISTORY TRADE ROUTES PROJECT Ira Livnat Contents Columbian Exchange 2 Introduction 2 Geography 4 Politics 5 Military 5 Technology 6 Demise 6 Conclusion 7 The Silk Road 8 Introduction 8 Geography 9 Politics 9 Military 10 Technology 11 Columbian Exchange Introduction The Columbian Exchange was a region of trade that occurred during period of biological and cultural exchanges of the Atlantic states. Exchanges of culture, ideas, diseases, slaves and