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23 Cards in this Set
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Silk Road is located...
Primary trade of... |
Across Eurasia
Silk |
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In relay trade goods were passed...
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down the line passing hands many times before reaching their final destination.
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Outer Eurasia included...
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China, India, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean
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Inner Eurasia included...
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eastern Russia and Central Asia
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The climate of Outer Eurasia was...
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relatively warm and well watered therefore suitable for agriculture
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The climate in Inner Eurasia is...
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relatively warm and well watered therefore suitable for agriculture.
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Areas that participated in indirect trading included...
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Persian Empires, the Greeks and China’s Han Dynasty creating a network of transcontinental exchanges.
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Products were transported by...
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Camel Caravans.
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Luxury items were traded more often then every day items because
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these were valuable enough to compensate for the high cost of transportation.
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In the 6th century C.E. silk production spread because
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A chinese Princess smuggled silk worms to a Central Asian ruler
or Christian monks hid silk worms in a bamboo cane to the Byzantine Empire. |
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In Central Asia silk was used as...
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currency and accumulated wealth.
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In China and the Byzantine Empire silk was...
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a symbol of high status and laws were passed to restrict silk clothing to the elite.
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Buddhists and Christians considered silk
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sacred.
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Buddhist pilgrims making their way to India brought with them large quantities of silk as...
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gifts for the monasteries they visited.
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Buddhist monks received purple robes of silk from...
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the Tang Dynasty as a sign of high honor.
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In the Christian faith silk...
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wall hangings and alter coverings became popular.
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The Silk Roads had important economic and social consequences because...
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peasants from the Yangtze River would sometimes stop farming to create products including silk, iron tools, paper and other items. These were traded on the Silk Road.
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Long distance trade of silk seeped down and...
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affected and quite possibly boosted the lives of normal farmers.
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The Silk Roads facilitated the spread of culture through Buddhism. Buddhism formed in India and then...
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through Central and Eastern Asia.
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Buddhism appealed to people because it promoted...
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universal equality more than the strict set caste system of Hinduism.
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Disease spread across the silk roads including...
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Small pox and the measles in the Roman and Han Dynasty and an unidentified disease in Athens that killed 25% of its army and permanently weakened the city-state.
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In the end the spread of disease strengthened Eurasia because...
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The people developed immunities therefore making them stronger than their opponents including Americans
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The spread of disease also strengthened Eurasian people because they could...
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command higher pay due to the greater risk.
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