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    Silk Road Essay

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    SILK ROAD AND BEYOND Imagine a place where you can exchange ideas and goods from places such as Chinese, Persians, Somalis, Greeks, Syrians, Romans, Armenians, Indians, and Bactrians back in 114 BC –1450 AD. The Silk Road a heaven to most merchants and a dream to the most consumer.The Silk Road a network of connecting trading route that went from around China to Eastern Europe and was around ‎6,400 km in size.The Silk Road was a bunch of connecting trading Route that was Started by the Han Dynasties and the other seven warring States and many other empires contributed. The silk road was important because it helped to make trade between kingdoms and empires easier in many ways, such as making it easier to sell to their merchants all around.…

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    The Silk Road

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    During the Han Dynasty of China, the Silk Road was an established system of multiple routes, well-known for connecting the regions of the ancient world in trade. Despite the name, the Silk Road was not one singular route – in fact, it linked China, Japan, Persia, India, Arabia and Europe. During the Han Dynasty, emperor Wu sent one of his men to seek the help of neighboring nomadic tribes in attempt to band together to fend off the Xiongnu. It was on this journey that the emissary came across…

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    Silk, an important textile that changes the world through its trade in ancient times. Because of the attraction of its profits, it inspired people to journey through unknown lands, which played an important role in the diffusion of culture, religion, technology, and societies among civilizations. Historically, China guarded its secrets of processing silk (sericulture) that was controlled by Chinese authorities. But around 550 AD the secrets of China methods for domesticating wild silk were…

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    The Silk Road is the most well-know trading route in Eurasia that mixed products and religions across a wide range of cultures and people. Around the first century BCE many trade routes stretching from China to Central Asia merged into one large interconnected route. It allowed other countries to experience new things from different cultures. The Silk Road was the major route of the new wave of religion. It opened long-distance economic relations between civilizations. The silk road did not…

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    Silk Roads And Rome

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    People from foreign locations know about each other with in limits. For example, the Chinese and the Roman experienced and learned from each others culture, industry, traditions along with further more. Through pieces of writing t The Romans and Chinese knew about each other because in the days that the roman empire existed and china had a dynasty, there was a lot of trade between Asia and other continents. One major event that caused china and rome to gain knowledge about each other…

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    Have you ever wondered why the Silk Road is important? The Silk was the major trade product that's when it traveled on the silk road. This route was opened by Zhang Qian. Many people called Silk Road, Silk Route linking China with West. To begin with, according to Ducksters.com article the Silk Road was important because it helped to generate trade and commerce between a number of different kingdoms and empires. The silk was invented in Ancient China according to kids history the silk fabric…

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    Silk Road Dbq

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    During the Renaissance Era which spanned from 1400-1600’s, the Silk Road was affected, The Silk Road influenced the travel, cultures, and more. The Route was not a secure simple journey; which held various threats throughout the trail. Many items including silk could only be acquired from china silk- is a highly valued cloth that everyone desired. The merchants also sold numerous items than just silk. The silk road carried various luxuries. Traveling the Silk Road was more reliable before then…

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    Silk Road Dbq

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    The Silk Road, extending over 4,000 miles, was a large network of trade routes used in ancient times for centuries to exchange different goods, materials, ideas, and several other different things; good and bad. The Silk Road routes stretched from China through India, Asia Minor, up throughout Mesopotamia, to Egypt, the African continent, Greece, Rome, and Britain1. Silk was very sought after in ancient times, and was only produced in China. The Chinese had kept the secret of silk-making for…

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    The Silk Road Case

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    Short Write up on Silk Road Silk Road was an online black market for selling and buying of illegal products. They used to trade drugs and transact through bitcoin currency. Bitcoin is a form of digital currency which uses encryption and the transactions are undetectable. There was involvement of large transactions of money and the unfair means of selling and buying of drugs and other banned substances were done. This platform provided a safe house for criminals to trade drugs. Silk Road was…

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    Silk Road History

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    and even culture. The Silk Road is a prime example of trading that involved more than just silk, as its name may suggest. The Silk road was an ancient network of trade routes that spanned from China to the Mediterranean and also branched off into different regions of Eurasia. All of the trading done through this system played a tremendous role in developing cities…

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