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How did the trade route develop? Where? When? Why?
-Civilizations in Asia, Europe, and China in the Middle Ages began to trade different silks with each other through the Mediterranean Sea. They did this to spread cultural development throughout the trade of silks.

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Question 2: Key Locations of the Silk Trade

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Question 2: Key Locations of the Silk Trade

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Major Places:
* Asia
* Europe
* China
* India
* Mediterranean Sea

Major Cities:
* Constantinople
* Karakoram

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What were the benefits? Did it lead to any cultural exchange or improved cooperation between countries?
-The benefits were different religions and cultures which were being shared and exchanged throughout the trading regions. New technologies and ideas were also shared and constructed, and different and new medicines were spread to the regions being able to help with new or current illnesses.These benefits linked Asia to Europe from China through India and to the Mediterranean Sea. Cultures were spread to different regions causing changes, minor or major, to all the regions and countries involved in the trade. The counties using the silk trade route had to be able to get along in order to maintain trade with others.

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Thomas, Jo, and Keely Rogers. History: MYP by Concept 4 &amp; 5. Hodder Education, an Hachette UK Company, 2017.

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These routes spread disease from region to region. The Silk Trade route caused the infection in Europe and Asia.

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What type of aid and exchanges resulted from this trade route?
-New technologies, medicine, ideas, philosophies, and religions were shared among the people using the trade route. Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam spread throughout Asia and Europe. Towns and villages along the route became very wealthy as people would buy things as they passed.