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Chaewon - Civilizations/Cultures of the Silk Road

kim46513_1 — 2019-10-01 05:10:36 UTC

- Silk Road, also called Silk Route, ancient trade route, linking China with the West, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and China. Silk went westward, and wools, gold, and silver went east. China also received Nestorian Christianity and Buddhism (from India) via the Silk Road.

- The Silk Road was formally established during the Han Dynasty of China, which linked the regions of the ancient world in commerce between 130 BCE-1453 CE.

- Because silk was the major trade product which traveled on this road, it was named the Silk Road in 1877 by Ferdinand von Richthofen – a well-known German geographer. This ancient route not only circulated goods, but also exchanged the splendid cultures of China, India, Persia, Arabia, Greek and Rome.

- Together with the economic and political exchange between the East and West, religions of the West were introduced into China via the world-famous route. Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Manicheism, Nestorianism and Islam were cultural treasure of the ancient west, which were bestowed upon China during the old times.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Silk-Road-trade-route

Amora - What: Products traded

2019-10-01 05:10:42 UTC

Besides silk, the Chinese also exported (sold) teas, salt, sugar, porcelain, and spices. Most of what was traded was expensive luxury goods. This was because it was a long trip and merchants didn't have a lot of room for goods. They imported, or bought, goods like cotton, ivory, wool, gold, and silver.

From Central Asia and East Mediterranean. They made huge impression upon Chinese who were unfamiliar with methods wool and flax processing, carpet manufacture and weaving. Highly appreciated in Ancient China were Parthian tapestries and carpets.

Aaniya - Map of the Silk Road

ahuja49875 — 2019-10-01 05:13:54 UTC

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ahuja49875 — 2019-10-01 05:14:11 UTC

Amora - What: Languages Spoken

2019-10-01 05:15:05 UTC

Arabic
Azeri
Bengali
Chinese
Dari
English
Farsi
Georgian
Gujarati
Hindi
Kashmiri
Kazakh
Kyrghyz
Mongolian
Pashto
Persian
Punjabi
Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese)
Russian
Sindhi
Saraiki
Tajik
Tamil
Tibetan
Turkish
Uighur
Urdu
Uzbek
Yakut and more than a thousand others.

Aaniya - Timeline of the Silk Road

ahuja49875 — 2019-10-01 05:17:17 UTC

Established when the Han Dynasty in China officially opened trade with the West in 130 B.C., the Silk Road routes remained in use until 1453 A.D., when the Ottoman Empire boycotted trade with China and closed them.

ahuja49875 — 2019-10-01 05:17:57 UTC

Aaniya - Timeline of the Silk Road
Established when the Han Dynasty in China officially opened trade with the West in 130 B.C., the Silk Road routes remained in use until 1453 A.D., when the Ottoman Empire boycotted trade with China and closed them.
Amora - What: Languages Spoken
Amora - What: Languages Spoken
Aaniya - Map of the Silk Road
Aaniya - Map of the Silk Road

What: Religions Practiced

2019-10-01 05:20:44 UTC

Buddhism
Zoroastrianism
Manichaeism
Nestorianism
Islam
Christianity