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What cloth did Europeans want from India and china?
silk
Why did people want glassware on the silk road?
They would want to get the glassware because they wouldn't have had access to it at home.
Why did explorers want to travel silk road?
The silk road was a trade route used to trade expansive items (like silk). It was very useful to everyone in the Asian area. Because of the area it was placed navigators wanted to expand it to another region. That way they would be able to trade in more places; and make more money. They wanted to find a sea route to China & India because they knew both places were thriving, and that they would make good money off of them.
Why was the cave of the 1000 Buddhas built?
It was built by the Indian traders who ran the silk trail between what is now China and Afghanistan. They built on at each end of the Silk trail, but the Taliban blew up the on in Afghanistan. The early Indian traders were Hindu/Buddhist and wanted to give thanks for their good fortune. The picked this place in china, along river with a high sandstone cliff and want to work.
What two locations where connected by the Silk Road?
It went through the countries that made up Europe, the Middle East, Persia, Central Asia, and China. I could give you a more definite answer if you have a particular time in mind. The names of the countries have obviously changed over the last 2,000 years. If you want to know more about countries from a Chinese perspective, I highly recommend that you read the Records of the Grand Historian (c. 90 BCE). It includes the report of a Chinese envoy named Zhang Qian, who traveled from China to various areas of Central Asia during the 2nd-century BCE.
Where is silk roads?
Silk Road is in Gilgit Baltistan Of Pakistan, this road is now known as KKH, which connects China to Pakistan via Ganish , for more details visit http://apnaganish.webs.com/
What items did other countries want from china in the Han Dynasty?
They asked for silk and clothes pottery silver etc... because the Hans developed the silk road which was used in trade
Why did Romans want to find who made the silk?
silk was first found in china. when the Europeans went to China they saw the silk witch was made by the Chinease and they wanted the silk as the silk was really valuable back then.
What did the west want from china?
The West wanted silk, pottery and tea from China.
What cloth did Europeans want from India and china?
silk
Why was the sillk road important then?
Silk Road is a name which indicate a network of trading routes across Asia. It has been called Silk Road because the most important good which was traded along the routes from China to the Mediterranean Sea was silk. This was an expensive material which was sought by the rich in Europe. This was a problem for the Romans because wealthy Romans spent a lot of money on buying silk. Since the Chinese did not want to buy any Roman goods, this trade constituted an outflow of money from the Roman Empire. A substantial part of China's wealth came from the silk trade.
Why was the silk road kept a secret?
because the Chinese did not want everyone to know how their silk was made.
Why didn't China want anyone to know the secret of how silk was made?
The Chinese realized how special the silk was and checked everyone leaving China to see if they were sneaking silk worms or eggs or cocoons and if they were they were killed immediately.
What items did other countries want from China?
They wanted silk, tea andporcelain.
Why is silk so important to people who live in china and why is most of it red?
because real silk is mainly made in china and its white but they dye it what ever color they want to sell
Why did people want glassware on the silk road?
They would want to get the glassware because they wouldn't have had access to it at home.
Why do people trade with China?
people trade with china because they want china great inventions and money and because they had fine silk, tea, jade and china
