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SO482 – Bonhomme Richard Project The Silk Road

SO482 – Bonhomme Richard Project The Silk Road. The Silk Road in ancient times. There was a sea component, but the principal routes traversed Central Asia on foot or, more literally, on the backs of pack animals. travershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Transasia_trade_routes_1stC_CE_gr2.png.

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SO482 – Bonhomme Richard Project The Silk Road

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  1. SO482 – Bonhomme Richard Project The Silk Road • The Silk Road in ancient times. There was a sea component, but the principal routes traversed Central Asia on foot or, more literally, on the backs of pack animals. travershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Transasia_trade_routes_1stC_CE_gr2.png

  2. SO482 – Bonhomme Richard Project The Silk Road • This simplified map shows the main east-west route connecting Chang-an (China) with Byzantium (today’s Istanbul).

  3. SO482 – Bonhomme Richard Project The Silk Road • This map shows some of the immense geographic barriers facing the caravan merchants who plied the Silk Road for some 1,500 years. John Lawton, Silk, Scents & Spice, pp. 8-9.

  4. SO482 – Bonhomme Richard Project The Silk Road • Here we see both the land routes (the Silk Road) and the sea routes (the Spice Road) that flourished until the beginning of the 15th century.

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