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1411364964_59207.doc silk road plan: 1 name 2 routes taken 3 precursors 4 history 5 cultural exchanges 6 commemoration silk road extending from europe through egypt, somalia, the arabian peninsula, iran, central asia, pakistan, java-indonesia, and vietnam until it reaches china. the land routes are red, and the water routes are blue. part of a series on trade routes amber road · hærvejen . incense route kamboja-dvaravati route . king's highway . northern arc rome–india routes . royal road silk road · spice route . tea route varangians to the greeks · via maris triangular trade .volga trade route trans-saharan trade . salt route hanseatic league . grand trunk road the ruins of a han dynasty (206 bc – 220 ad) chinese watchtower made oframmed earth at dunhuang, gansu province the silk road or silk route refers to a historical network of interlinking trade routes across the afro-eurasian landmass that connected …

ndations for the modern world. though silk was certainly the major trade item from china, many other goods were traded, and various technologies, religions and philosophies, as well as the bubonic plague (the "black death"), also traveled along the silk routes. some of the other goods traded included luxuries such as silk, satin, hemp and other fine fabrics, musk, other perfumes, spices, medicines, jewels, glassware, and even rhubarb, as well as slaves.sogdian the main traders during antiquity were the indian and bactrian traders, then from the 5th to the 8th century ce the china traded silk, teas, and porcelain; while india traded spices, ivory, textiles, precious stones, and pepper; and the roman empire exported gold, silver, fine glassware, wine, carpets, and jewels. although the term the silk road implies a continuous journey, very few who traveled the route traversed it from end to end; for the most part, goods were …

f the ancient chinese kingdom, which, in the later han, was moved further east to luoyang. the route was defined about the 1st century bce as han wudi put an end to harassment by nomadic tribes.[citation needed] the northern route travelled northwest through the chinese province of gansu from shaanxiprovince, and split into three further routes, two of them following the mountain ranges to the north and south of the taklamakan desert to rejoin at kashgar; and the other going north of the tian shan mountains through turpan, talgarand almaty (in what is now southeast kazakhstan). the routes split again west of kashgar, with a southern branch heading down the alai valley towards termez (in modern uzbekistan) and balkh (afghanistan), while the other traveled through kokand in the fergana valley (in present-day eastern uzbekistan) and then west across the karakum desert. both routes joined the main southern route before reaching …

ght line west through mountainous northern iran, mesopotamia and the northern tip of the syrian desert to the levant, where mediterranean trading ships plied regular routes to italy, while land routes went either north through anatolia or south to north africa. another branch road traveled from heratthrough susa to charax spasinu at the head of the persian gulf and across to petra and on to alexandria and other eastern mediterranean ports from where ships carried the cargoes to rome. maritime routes going back nearly 2000 years, during china's eastern han dynasty, a sea route, although not part of the formal silk route, led from the mouth of the red river near modern hanoi, through the malacca straits to southeast asia, sri lanka and india, and then on to the persian gulf and the red sea kingdom of axum and eventually to roman ports. from ports on the red sea, goods, …

ther alpine routes. this water route is called in some sources "the indian ocean maritime system" or indian ocean trade network. the maritime trade networks connects various commodity traded across asia as far as europe; such as spices (eq.cloves and nutmeg) from eastern indonesian archipelago was traded as far as china, india, middle east, and europe. precursors cross-continental journeys as the domestication of pack animals and the development of shipping technology both increased the capacity for prehistoric peoples to carry heavier loads over greater distances, cultural exchanges and trade developed rapidly. in addition, grassland provides fertile grazing, water, and easy passage for caravans. the vast grassland steppes of asia enabled merchants to travel immense distances, from the shores of the pacific to africa and deep into europe, without trespassing on agricultural lands and arousing hostility. chinese and central asian contacts chinese jade and steatite plaques, in thescythian-style animal art of …

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1411364964_59207.doc silk road plan: 1 name 2 routes taken 3 precursors 4 history 5 cultural exchanges 6 commemoration silk road extending from europe through egypt, somalia, the arabian peninsula, iran, central asia, pakistan, java-indonesia, and vietnam until it reaches china. the land routes are red, and the water routes are blue. part of a series on trade routes amber road · hærvejen . incense route kamboja-dvaravati route . king's highway . northern arc rome–india routes . royal road silk road · spice route . tea route varangians to the greeks · via maris triangular trade .volga trade route trans-saharan trade . salt route hanseatic league . grand trunk road the ruins of a han dynasty (206 bc – 220 ad) …

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