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Facts about the trade network known as “The Silk Road”

Facts about the trade network known as “The Silk Road”. It was more than one road - actually a network of caravan routes that stretched across the continent. Developed over time by many traders and groups.

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Facts about the trade network known as “The Silk Road”

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  1. Facts about the trade network known as “The Silk Road” It was more than one road - actually a network of caravan routes that stretched across the continent. Developed over time by many traders and groups. Almost no one traveled the whole route. Most people bought and sold goods on either end of one segment of the route.

  2. Animals Camels, horses

  3. People Bandits and Monks

  4. Places Mountains, Deserts, Oases (plural of oasis)

  5. Silk Road towns connected the largest citiesof the West and East in 100 CE. West East

  6. Our Silk Roads journey starts in China. Bandits from Mongolia or Tibetmay attack caravans.Therefore, Chinese soldiers must travel with the caravans. In China, Merchants load fine silk clothand herbal medicines ontotwo-humped Bactrian camels.

  7. In Tibet, an importantBuddhist religious center. Buddhist monks traveled along the Silk Roadand brought Buddhismfrom India to China.

  8. TaklamakanDesert(“if you go in, you won’t come out”):Caravans must travel through this desertbefore the heat of summer hits.

  9. Oasis towns are located along theedge of the Taklamakan Desert. Rivers carry melted snow down from high mountains! High, snow-covered mountains surround theTaklamakan.

  10. Kashgaris an oasis town,where local merchants trade their dates, melons, and grapesfor silk that the caravans bring from China. Pamir Mountains -the route continues through mountainsand is called the “Trail of Bones”because the route is dangerouslysteep and cold.

  11. PamirMountains: Between Kashgar (#10) and Tashkent (#13),caravans climbed the“Trail of Bones” throughthe high, steep Pamirs. The highest elevations are purpleand dark gray. Pamir Mountains: Elevations are above 10,000 feet.It is extremely cold, and there is no food.

  12. Chinese military use silkto purchase the strong horsesraised in the grasslandsof Central Asia. Local merchants also sellfine locally made wool carpetsas well as musical instrumentsand glass objectsthat have come fromEurope and the Middle East.

  13. Dromedary camelsfrom Arabiaare usedfrom here westward. Spices, precious stones and cotton cloth from India. In Herat, a great Islamic mosque stands near the city market.People from Arabia brought the religion of Islamto Silk Road towns.

  14. Goodsare loaded onto ships in this port city on the Mediterranean Sea. In Baghdad,ivory, gold, and spices from Africaand pearls from the Persian Gulfare exchanged for silk. In Byzantiumfew people know where China is,but wealthy people want the silk that has traveledalong the Silk Roads.

  15. Silk Road towns connected the largest citiesof the West and East in 800 CE.

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