Silk Road

and eurasian silk roads were developed in order for long distance commercial transport throughout Eurasia and Africa. The trans-saharan caravan routes and eurasian silk roads both allowed for the spread of religion and culture such as islam and buddhism. While both of these routes have spread ideas, they differ in ways such as geography and substance. The trans saharan caravan routes were based around the trade of gold and…

Silk was a luxury, once only for the upper class, but as time went on, silk became more easily available to many other people. The Chinese were the brilliant inventers of silk. Silk originated in the Medieval Era and started in Asia. It eventually made its way to Europe with the creation of the Silk Road. Silk was used for many reasons like trading, clothing, weapons, payment, and even to just earn money. When silk was first invented, there were no machines to make silk items. The first…

Throughout the history of China, the ancient Chinese culture has had changed, ancient China had many developments over many different dynasties, which helped China become a successful society. What made ancient Chinese culture successful was trade on the Silk Road, the rise of the Han and Qin dynasty. The Han dynasty was a period of time when ancient China was in prosperity. Liu Bang (mostly formally known as Emperor Gaozu) has founded and firstly ruled during that time. The Han dynasty has had…

forming the Silk Road, since much of the silk that was made came from this region of the world. During the 2nd century B.C.E., the Chinese began forming trade routes that would span across various Chinese territories and then move outward through India and, eventually, into Europe. In this manner, the highly desirable silk products brought from China would inevitably open up a new form of international trade between differing inter-connecting civilizations: “This was what became known as the…

during the prehistoric era through 1500 CE. Some events and developments included the Black Death, The Mongol Moment, Silk Roads, and the Agricultural Revolution. Out of all of these the one with the most relevance for my life was the Agricultural Revolution because it increased the population and productivity; the one with the least relevance for my life was the development of Silk Roads because the United States no longer relies on them. Not only did the Black Death affect the population…

china has been credited for some of the world‘s most life-changing inventions for many years. For many years China gained much wealth by creating such inventions. Some of the most influential ancient Chinese inventions include gunpowder, the Silk Road, and paper. The accidental discovery of gunpowder was made way back in the 8th century A.D. Chinese alchemist were actually searching for the elixir of life, when it became clear that if you mixed sulfur, charcoal, saltpeter it would explode.…

Manichean Texts of the Silk Road Tun-Huang was a major destination along the Silk Road. The caves of the thousand Buddhas contained many important manuscripts and pieces of art which have been used by historians to learn about the cultures of the Silk Road. Among these were three Manichean texts written in Chinese. These are the Hymnscroll, the Compendium of the Doctrines of Mani, and the Traité Pelliot. These are significant because they are some of the only written documents we have of the…

Although the early post classical Silk Road and sub-Saharan trade routes were both very political trade routes, they had differences such as their level of exposure and outside influences and the cultural differences along the trade routes like musical rituals for Sub-Sahara and artisan goods on the Silk Road. Both the Sub-Saharan and Silk Road trade routes had significant political involvement in their trading economies. The Sub-Saharan trade route was the basis of the economy and politics in…

development of the Silk Road. Also, the favored idea by the Europeans, of a route linking many lands together to trade, was also an event that led to the Silk Road. 2) The Mesopotamian border entrepôts and Samarkand, are examples of the impact that the Silk Road had on Asia because goods from other countries were bought and sold throughout different countries, and stops were made along the way to trade with others. 3) The types of products that were traded via the Silk Road that went from east…

In the Silk Roads, Chinese people traded silk with the westerners who thought of it as very valuable.Traveling back and forth from China to the West caused cultural diffusion. An example of cultural diffusion is in a piece of jewelry. It is a bracelet with lion heads found in…