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Frankopan, P. (2016). The Silk Roads: A new history of the world.

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communication and commercial networks extended and became more connected

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                                  THE SILK ROADS

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                                  THE SILK ROADS

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traded with glass, silver, gold, coral from the Red Sea

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linking the Mediterranean with the Indian Oceand and beyond

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had acquired a reputation for fine living

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came to dominate the western

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by creating a formal frame-work for controlling merchants

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silk was used alongside coind and grain to pay troops

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weren't easy and it took time

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cause' of pressure from nomads displaced by Chinese forces

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China had opneed that door which generated the birth of the Silk Roads

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was acelerated by the growing ambitions of China

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forced them to innovate

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increased between Europe and Asia

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expanded a network of fortifications called the Great Wall of China

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representing the civilised world

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with poweful defences

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interaction with then was complex though

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providing revenues that allowed rulers to fund military locations

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was a land of plenty that connected the Mediterranean with the heart of Asia

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was a land of plenty that connected the Mediterranean with the heart of Asia

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Development of pioneering irragation techniques

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Development of pioneering irragation techniques

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to improve crop yields helped nurture the growth of cities