Silk Road Research Paper

In the Early Hellenistic Period during the third century, a trade route was established, stretching from China to the West. The trade route by the name of the Silk Road, carried goods and ideas between the great civilizations of Roma and China. From the first to the sixteenth centuries, various regions such as Rome, India, Asia, Africa and more relied on trade in order to exchange goods. Many merchants like Marco Polo traveled along the silk road and were able to pave the way for many English merchants after him. Without the advancement of the silk road, ideas and cultures would not have been able to spread as easily, which would lead to a lack development of civilizations and an absence of urbanism throughout the ancient world.
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Syria was an important center of trade because it is in the center of many powerful regions as well has a large coastline where many trade routes meet the Mediterranean Sea. Under Islamic rule the consolidation of central Asia brought about the stability necessary for trade, which resulted in an increase in agricultural productivity. This subsequently produced rapid urbanization and growth of industry. All of these factors put together led to the creation of large new markets for trade. The Silk Road was responsible for the spread of Buddhism into central China as well. It first spread to China through the efforts of missionary monks who followed the trade routes between North India and West China. The Mongol Empire which originated in central Asia in the thirteenth century also began to convert people into different religions like Buddhism also through the Silk …show more content…
They show how the various areas became incorporated in world trade routes and what came out of them. The Mediterranean was held together economically by Rome, the center of the trade route. Asia also played an important role because of its different provinces such as Syria, which had a large coastline where many trade routes met the Mediterranean Sea. Scandinavia was a strong example of how a country that is geographically isolated would not be able to urbanize due to the lack of resources that it traded amongst other regions. Without the advancement of the Silk Road, ideas and cultures would not have been able to spread as easily from region to region, which would lead to a lack of development in these civilizations and create an absence of urbanization throughout the ancient