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Silk Road

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Origin

  • Persian Royal Road (Persia, Asia Minor, Egypt)
  • Han Dynasty N & W nomadic tribe issues
  • Calvary byproduct with Alexander Army descendants
  • Tribes defeated and Emperor saw promise in Western trade
  • Byzantine Empire replaced Roman and interest of silk heightened
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Involved
China
India
Africa
Britain

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Traded

  • Culture
  • Goods
  • Architecture
  • Science and technology
  • Art & Religion
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Goods

  • Silk - worth more than gold
  • Chinese kept silk a secret
  • Spices
  • Gunpowder
  • Paper

The End

  • Fall of Byzantine Empire
  • Ottoman closes contact with West
  • Disease - bubonic plague and Constantinople
  • Age of Discovery
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The ancient Silk Road was, in many ways, the internet of its day

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