Spider silk

development and popularization of the silk road had several positive impacts on China. However, these innovations would eventually cause the fall of the Han dynasty. The Civil Service Exam is one of these innovations. The Silk Road was one of the most revolutionary innovations in all of Chinese history. The Silk Road stretched all the way from China to the Middle East (doc 4). China was known for holding the secret of silk making and China used the Silk Road to trade silk across the Middle…

The Silk Road Started 4,000 years ago that lead to today where we trade things with other Countries, that help with today’s needs. My claim is that The Silk Road was important because if it hadn't happened we wouldn’t know how to trade but thankfully four stable empires (Han,Kushan,Parthian, and Roman) kept the silk road going.First, while trading during the Silk Road people were not strong but they had camels to help carry the heavy things humans couldn’t carry.They were only used for long…

From 1450 to 1750, the Indian Ocean trade network had many changes and continuities. One continuity is that the Indian Ocean trade network remained spreading goods from one place to another. However, the methods that were used to trade these goods along the trade route had a significant change. The analysis of the changes and continuities over the time period 1450 to 1750 can explain how the trade was affected politically, economically, and culturally. The Indian Ocean trade network had changes…

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…

greater amount of dynasties and nations, furthering their supply of helpful resources like medicine, whereas prior to building the great wall, China wasn’t this exposed to these goods. In addition, Silk Road trade increased after building the wall (Document D). After the wall was built, trade made on the Silk Road went up which is very significant since it was a large trade route, which meant it was a primary trade resource while before construction, trade wasn’t big compared to post…

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 traveling today. China was the central source for silk.…

routes 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…

funds for defense and trouble finding patriotic soldiers. As well, a notable group of invaders in China were the Xiongnu who even created the Sino-Xiongnu Wars between 133 BCE to 89 CE. The Chinese and the Xiongnu fought in an important area of the silk road: the western regions of China. Han ended victoriously, but the win almost demolished their government. Most of the Xiongnu went and joined other nomadic people; some joined the Huns which would invaded Rome. Attila, a warrior-king, formed a…

Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta are two very famous explores who are known for traveling great distances during a time when such a thing was unheard of, and who kept detailed logs of their journeys. Ibn Battuta’s journey was based off of his religion, and his desire to visit all of the major religious sites and meet important religious leaders. He traveled a total of 75,000 miles over the course of 29 years. Marco Polo was an Italian traveler who claims to have met and become close to Kublai Khan,…

These new materials include silk, gun powder, and dye among other things. These are the three that I would like to focus on however. First I would like to discuss silk. Obviously silk was a major item in the trading world, considering it received a set of trading routes in its name. China was the first country to start producing silk and it remained the only country to do so until The Silk Road came about. Eventually, after some time, Japan learned how to…